French Quarter:--- As the 2012 Territorial Election approaches, SMN News will be bringing you a series of interviews on our Election Countdown programme. The first round of the Territorial Election is scheduled for March 18th while the second round will be held on March 25th, 2012. This year it is expected that at least six groups of persons will be presenting their own list. Based on what we have seen thus far, four of those lists will be headed by persons who were part of the incumbent government.
Senator Louis Constant Fleming, the founder of Union Pour Les Progres is expected to present his list early next month which he will be heading. Daniel Gibbs, a former UPP Vice President already presented his list "Team Daniel Gibbs" while Marthe Ogoundele Tessi another former UPP Vice President presented her list earlier this month. She is backed by Jean Paul Fisher, the former Director of Semsamar.
Information is also circulating that Louis Jeffry another UPP Vice President is looking to put his list together while the RRR already presented their list and the MAP is expected to release the names of their candidates on Monday. If these politicians were to remain together there would have been only two lists contesting the March 18th Territorial Election since the RRR and the MAP leaders were together in the past elections.
The election campaign is scheduled to start on March 5th, 2012 and while the politicians and those persons that will be postulating will be politicking, SMN News will be interviewing the people of St. Martin. Our objective is to make sure the politicians know the grievances of the people they want to represent, we will be asking those looking on the sidelines to give our politicians some idea of what they believe should be done to move St. Martin forward under the status of article 74 which was achieved some five years ago.
On Election Countdown our first interview was done with a veteran politician and accountant, Mr. Leopold Baly.
Here is the interview with Mr. Emile Larmonie, former deputy mayor, with his concerns of the upcoming elections.
