Philipsburg: --- Minister of Justice Magali Jacoba in a press release late Tuesday night said that she would like to make some clarification on an article we published regarding Assistant Chief Commissioner of Police Richard Panneflek. Minister Jacoba said after several discussions with Mr. Panneflek to reach to an accord regarding his position, an agreement was reached on October 7th, 2009. Said agreement, was formalized according to the normal procedures that Government requirement. All decisions related to Mr. Panneflek were taken together with him; on the same table we all sat and shared.Panneflek was supposed to return to work at the Philipsburg Police Station on February 1 2010 when the agreement he had with former Minister of Justice David Dick ended. SMN News learnt that Panneflek was given an additional year to be at the disposition of the Island government even though he completed the project he was working on.
Members of ABVO and NAPB arrived on St. Maarten on Wednesday and they are scheduled to meet with Panneflek on Wednesday where they are going to discuss his current working situation. SMN News also learnt that Panneflek met with his legal representatives earlier this week and they would be reacting to the decision taken by the Minister.
