Philipsburg:--- The constitution of country St. Maarten has no provisions to reduce or deduct monies from the salaries of parliament who are holding full time jobs confirmed president of parliament Gracita Arrindell on Monday.When asked by SMN News if parliament will seek to reduce MP Jules James salary since he is the Managing Director of the two new companies that will manage the Pelican Resort. Arrindell said that people should not try to amend the constitution of country St. Maarten since doing so would need a two third majority. Arrindell said if someone should pull one strand the entire institution would unravel.
Arrindell called a press conference on Monday to release the scheduled meetings parliament will be holding during the coming months. The president of parliament said while she was liberal in releasing the schedule to the media it still has to be approved by parliament.