PHILIPSBURG:--- Prime Minister of St. Maarten Sarah Wescot Williams gave members of the media an outline of the topics that were discussed during the Kingdom Conference held in Aruba earlier this month. However, one of the topics the Netherlands (Dutch Government) wanted to discuss is the movement of people but that did not take place because the countries within the Kingdom made it clear that was not the place for such a discussion.
Furthermore, the Netherlands did not provide the countries with the basis for such a discussion and what are the issues with the movement of persons they wanted to discuss. Wescot Williams said since the Dutch did not provide that information the topic was not touched. She said another point that stuck was the dispute regulation which is still not in place. Wescot Williams said she does not believe that St. Maarten should wait until the next Kingdom conference to discuss this matter. St. Maarten's Prime Minister believes that St. Maarten has to discuss article 12 of the charter as soon as possible. She said St. Maarten is currently brain storming on how they could bring up the matter for discussion.
