Philipsburg:--- SMN News has been reliably informed that the former convicted Chief of Police Derrick Holiday might be the person who would be appointed as labour mediator. The source said Holiday applied for the position before St. Maarten achieved its country status he was promised the job by the former executive council of St. Maarten if the VNA approves his appointment. SMN News learnt that so far the current Minister of Labour is yet to send his credentials VNA for vetting even though Minister of Labour Maria Buncamper Molanus announced last week that she already has a candidate for the position.The source said the labour Minister is facing severe pressure to appoint a new mediator by a certain workers union. They said while the union is pressuring the Minister she is still having trouble submitting Holiday's credentials to the VNA especially knowing he has a conviction on his record. The Supreme Court in their final ruling upheld the ban of the lower court where Holiday cannot hold any position within the police force for the next three years while he was sentenced to one year suspended sentence with 180 hours community service. However, it is not clear if that would hinder the process of him being appointed a civil servant in country St. Maarten.
SMN News learnt that one of the concerns of the Minister of labour is that Holiday does not have any knowledge on labour laws, thus he must be trained. While Derrick Holiday is a lawman by trade his skills rest within the justice system.
