The source said the renovation plans includes the re-tiling of the front court of the Government Administration Building on Clem Labega Square, the renovating of the Prime Minister's Office and the A. C. Wathey Legislative Hall. SMN News further learnt that the Prime Minister and her staff will re-locate their offices to the old Parliament Building while the renovation is taking place.
In an invited comment, Member of Parliament and leader of the National Alliance William Marlin said he also heard that Government plans to spend over half a million guilders renovating the Government Administration Building. The National Alliance leader said he is of the opinion that government should spend their resources on completing the new government building so that they can begin using the building for which they have been paying a huge rent for the past two years now. Furthermore, he said government has a problem with balancing its budget for 2012 and spending that amount of monies on renovating an old building is uncalled for. Marlin said the current Administration Building is indeed in deplorable condition but for now repainting the building on the outside should suffice for the Queen's visit.
