SMN News learnt that Curacao packed up all applications from St. Maarten for the certificate of good conduct and shipped it back to the island explaining that Curacao is no longer responsible for signing documents for the citizens of St. Maarten.
SMN News has been reliably informed that the department of justice just recently sent back a stack of the certificates to IND informing that the these documents can no longer be printed in the old format and that all certificates of good conduct must be printed on the new formatted letter head bearing the island's logo and coat of arms. The certificates of good conduct has to be signed by the Minister of Justice Roland Duncan who is currently in the Dominican Republic and his replacement Minister Rhoda Arrindell was also off island attending the funeral of the Barbadian Prime Minister. Normally one of the two Ministers has the responsibility of signing justice related documents. The source said Minister Arrindell was not supposed to leave the island until Minister Duncan is back.