Philipsburg:--- St Maarten has been lauded as being a mature and dignified nation when its representatives agreed to have an Ombudsman and a constitutional court in its constitution. The island received much credit for having the courage to set up such a legal body when Holland its mother country still does not have this entity in place.The governor of St. Maarten drs. Eugene Holiday, chairlady of parliament of St. Maarten drs. Gracita Arrindell including several parliamentarians, lawyers, bailiffs and other representatives of the law attended the brief ceremony at the court house on Monday.
Members of the newly established court are Mr. P. van Dijk, Mr. J. de Boer and Mr. J.Th. Wit, Mr. B. Vermeulen. J. Th. Drop and Mrs. Suzy Romer are substitute members.Speakers were the president of the newly established constitutional court judge Bob Wit, St. Maarten's ombudsman Nilda Arduin-Lynch, and Richard Gibson Sr.