Central Committee and Plenary Session of Parliament Scheduled for May 26
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Central Committee and Plenary Session planned for Monday
PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – A Central Committee and Plenary session of the House of Parliament is planned for May 26th regarding a number of issues.
The Central Committee meeting is set for Monday at 9.00am in the General Assembly Chamber of the House at Wilhelmina Straat #1 in Philipsburg.
The two point agenda for the committee meeting is the composition of the delegation that will be traveling to the Netherlands for the Kingdom Parliament consultation that takes place in The Hague from June 3 to 6. The second agenda is an amendment of article 36 of the Rules of Order.
The plenary session of the House is set for 10.00am in the General Assembly Chamber.
The first agenda regards the proposed merger between TELEM and UTS. This particular agenda point was requested by three independent Members of Parliament namely, Hon. Frans Richardson, MP Hon. Patrick Illidge, and MP Hon. Dr. Lloyd Richardson.
The second agenda point is the amendment of article 36 of the Rules of Order; third agenda is a discussion on the institution of a joint legislation academy in accordance with the agreement list dated April 9, 2014 of the Tripartite Meeting.
The fourth agenda is a discussion on the UNICEF report in accordance with the aforementioned agreement list that came out of the Tripartite meeting.
Members of the public are invited to the House of Parliament to attend parliamentary deliberations.
The House of Parliament is located across from the Court House in Philipsburg.
The parliamentary sessions will be carried live on St. Maarten Cable TV Channel 120, via Pearl Radio FM 98.1, the audio via the Internet www.pearlfmradio.com, and also via www.sxmparliament.org. and www.sxmislandtime.com