Philipsburg:--- Senator Louie Laveist has sent a letter to the chairlady of Parliament of St. Maarten Gracita Arrindell requesting a public central committee meeting to gather more information on the contract that was signed by the CEO of the Harbour Holding Mark Mingo and Volker Stevin on the bridge project.Laveist said that members of parliament were not given any information on the bridge project yet the harbour management found it fit to make such a commitment with an overseas company. The Senator said the Minister of Harbour Affairs Theo Heyliger and CEO Mark Mingo totally disrespected parliament when they notified their French counterparts and they did not notify the highest legislative body about a project of such magnitude. Senator Laveist said he has no intention to be used as a government rubber stamp and those in government are in for a rude awakening if this is how they intend to conduct the people's business. The senator said should parliament reject this project then St. Maarten would have to prepare for more lawsuits. The senator warned that during these meetings he expects both the Minister and CEO of the harbour holding to come clean regarding this multi-million dollar project. The contract for the bridge across the Simpson Bay lagoon was signed on Thursday last week. While no publication was not made on the bidding process SMN News learnt that several companies were invited to bid on the project at the Spetjens notary.
