Philipsburg:--- The prosecutor's office is conducting an exploratory investigation into the facts of what really took place on December 19th 2008 between Minister Maria Buncamper Molanus, her husband and ECO GREEN N.V. According to press prosecutor Rienk Mud, the prosecutor's office needs more information and documentation to get a clear picture of what took place. Mud said this is necessary for them to ascertain if there are enough grounds of suspicion to start a criminal investigation.The documents already presented to the prosecutor's office still leave some questions unanswered.
Depending on how quickly the needed information is presented, thereby taking into account that the holiday season is near, the prosecutor's office expects to be able to draw conclusions by mid January 2011.
In the meantime, the Democratic Party and its coalition partners from the United Peoples Party met on Tuesday to discuss the Buncamper affair. President of the Democratic Party Michael Ferrier said they indicated to their coalition partners that the DP has asked the Minister to do the honorable thing and resign. However, the Minister felt that resigning would be an admission of guilt while insisting that she did nothing wrong.
Ferrier said that right now the matter has been placed in the hands of the collation partners who would have to take the next step. That next step is to take the matter to parliament where a motion of non-confidence will be presented against the Minister.
