Philipsburg:--- Members of the coalition government the United Peoples Party and the Democratic Party held a meeting at Parliament Building on Monday to discuss the 2011 budget as well the media reports concerning the leased land that was sold by Minister of Health and Labor Maria Buncamper-Molanus. While the meeting held on Monday was for all of the coalition partners the leader of the Democratic Party Sarah Wescot Williams and Maria Buncamper Molanus did not attend.SMN News has been reliably informed that tempers flared during the meeting on Monday because all members of the coalition government in parliament are angry at Buncamper Molanus. The members it is understood are more concerned about possible money laundering and tax evasion investigations since the person who bought the economic value of the leased land is a pensioner.
Sources say that the members of parliament are totally embarrassed at the situation. However, they have decided to allow their coalition partner to deal with Buncamper Molanus before parliament takes action. SMN News also learnt that leader of Democratic Party Sarah Wescot-Williams met with Buncamper Molanus on Monday evening.
Several phone calls to the president of parliament went unanswered on Monday as SMN News attempted to get a comment from her.
In the meantime, President of the Democratic Party Michael Ferrier confirmed that his party is presently discussing the matter pertaining to Buncamper Molanus internally. Ferrier said the discussions are not yet over and he would not be making any statements until the discussions are completed.
Leader of the National Alliance William Marlin also confirmed that his faction has sent a letter to the chairlady of parliament requesting that she add another agenda point to the meeting they requested last week to discuss the 2011 budget and the increase in Turn over Tax. Marlin said the second agenda point is to discuss the alleged selling of leased land by Minister Buncamper Molanus and her husband Claudius Buncamper.
In the meantime, Prosecutor Bart den Hartigh confirmed that some documents were sent to the prosecutor's office but they have not yet decided if and when criminal an investigation would begin. "Our office still has to study the documents that were sent to us and we would have to determine if a criminal investigation has to be conducted." Hartigh said.
