On Monday, January 24 the Central Committee of Parliament will meet at 3.00pm in the A.C. Wathey Legislative Hall in the Government Administration Building regarding the Office of the Ombudsman. This agenda point was part of the meeting held last week Tuesday which had the Pelican Resort issue as agenda point one. The meeting on Monday is the continuation on the second agenda point.
Members of Parliament (MPs) will discuss the formation plan of the Office of the Ombudsman as well as the various allowances of the aforementioned office.
On Tuesday, January 25, the Central Committee of Parliament will meet at 9.00am in the general parliament chamber located in the new parliament building on Front Street.
Professor H. de Doelder will give a presentation about the Criminal Code under the subject "extraordinary investigation methods" for law enforcement organizations. This information session will provide very useful information to MPs and the latter will also be able to seek clarity on certain aspects of the law before it goes before parliament in a few weeks.
There are four parliamentary factions that have representation in the Parliament of Sint Maarten, the United Peoples party (UP), Democratic Party (DP), Independent Member of Parliament Patrick Illidge and the National Alliance (NA).