President of the Chamber of Commerce Glen Carty said that he first gave NPNA and PSS until 1pm on Wednesday to reach an agreement but up to now parties could not come to an agreement. Carty said he already instructed HBN Law firm to file an injunction against NPNA and PSS to force them to reopen the Post Office. "The Chamber has been receiving a number of phone calls from businesses who depend on the Post Office to conduct their business. Besides that, our economy is already bad and we cannot afford to make it worse," said the President of the Chamber of Commerce.
Attorney at Law Martin Le Poole confirmed that he is busy gathering information to file a petition with the court to have the NPNA and PSS reopen the Post Office.
In the meantime, the NPNA and PSS continued with their negotiations until late Wednesday night when they were able to come up with a draft agreement.
Sources close to the negotiating team said that the draft agreement has to be reviewed by the Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams who might eventually sign the document by midday on Thursday.
SMN News learned that the draft agreement that is before the Prime Minister will allow NPNA to continue managing the Post Office on St. Maarten until December 31 2011.
