PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Public Housing, Environment, Spatial Planning and Infrastructure (Ministry VROMI) Hon. Maurice Lake on Monday sent a letter to the Prime Minister/Minister of General Affairs Hon. Sarah Wescot-Williams seeking her ministries cooperation in sorting out the Emilio Wilson Estate affair.
The Minister of General Affairs has confirmed receipt of Minister Lake's letter.
Minister Lake informed the Minister of General Affairs about the public meeting of Friday, April 11 in the House of Parliament, where questions were posed about his integrity in supplying Parliament with erroneous answers in the Central Committee meeting of March 6, 2014.
Minister Lake further states in his letter that the information passed on to the House of Parliament was obtained from a member of staff of Department of Records and Information Management (DIV) one day earlier, on March 5, 2014.
Since DIV does not fall under the responsibility of Ministry VROMI, Minister Lake is seeking the Minister of General Affairs cooperation in getting the necessary information.
The matter in question surrounds the registration at DIV of a document carrying the DIV number 1114A/2010 of July 20, 2012. This letter was written on the letterhead of the Prime Minister and signed by the Deputy Prime Minister of Sint Maarten.
The Minister further outlines in his letter to the Prime Minister/Minister of General Affairs, a meeting has been planned tentatively for Thursday, April 17, 2014, whereby it is expected for me, as Minister responsible for VROMI to give the answers to the questions posed by members of Parliament.
"I am expected to answer truthfully and therefore I am imploring you to have your Ministry provide you with the proper answers in this regard, so that I can present them to Parliament," Minister Hon. Maurice Lake stated in his letter.
