Open Letter to the Prime Minister (St. Maarten)

Re: Questions of a concern citizen

Dear Madame Prime Minister,

  To begin with, thank you for suppling the emergency food ration to senior citizens, and also for your sense of responsibility and leadership during this COVID-19 pandemic crisis.

  The main reason for these questions at the end of this letter, is so many promises were made to the people of this country by politicians during the parliamentary election, but none were ever fulfilled as promised.

  It seems many promises were made to the people of this country in order to get elected into office, but now they are seeing a lot of deception and empty promises.

  The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way of doing business in the country. One thing for sure is life will never be the same as before. The Internet, social media, and news media have progressed the way forward in bringing valuable information to the community.

  However, I suggest to anyone with important questions to address them publicly to you in the same way I have done to get satisfactory results. Please find questions below. Responding to these questions in the news media is most welcome to let the public aware of issues affecting their livelihood.

Joseph Harvey

Questions to the Prime Minister

1. Why the Treaty of Concordia in 1648 is not ratified by France and the Netherlands?
2. When is the new hospital is going to be build?
3. Why is the public library is taking so long to be repaired or rebuilt?
4. Why are the tenants of SMHDF not receiving a financial relief from the COVID-19 pandemic stimulus package, and many people are out of work, with cost of living extremely high?
5. How many people are unemployed in the country? Please give fair estimate.
6. What are the government’s plans to keep the guilder pegged to the United States currency?
7. Even though oil prices are low on the world market, why are the prices for gasoline and cooking gas still so high?
8. How does your government plan to generate income in this pandemic crisis?
9. The people of Belvedere were promised to earn their unit, the tenants are still waiting for a public response from government as promised?
10. What is the national debt of country St. Maarten?
11. Why there is not a community center for the people of Belvedere?

  Thank you for your co-operation in this matter.