~ Elected and appointed Officials cuts of 25% remain in effect.
PHILIPSBURG: --- Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs announced on Wednesday that the Council of Ministers has dispatched a letter to the State Secretary Alexandra van Huffelen requesting that the imposed 12.5% cuts from the salaries of civil servants and workers of government-owned companies be removed.
Jacobs said that this matter will have to be discussed in the Kingdom Council of Ministers and St. Maarten is hoping for a positive response.
The Prime Minister made clear that her government is for its people and that while a letter was sent for the removal of the 12.5% imposed on St. Maarten the cuts that were made to the salaries for the elected and appointed officials will remain in effect. She said that Ministers first cut their salaries by 10% then an additional 15% making it a 25% cut that was applied. She said that in the letter that was sent to the state secretary it was made clear that the cuts for elected and appointed officials will not be removed.
