PHILIPSBURG--Independent Member of Parliament (MP) Patrick Illidge wants to give the GEBE boards their marching orders.
A fiery Illidge said during the plenary session of Parliament on Wednesday that he had no intentions to ask GEBE "a bunch of questions," but rather wanted to instruct the company's boards to do what Parliament thinks is in the best interest of the people of St. Maarten. "And who don't hear would have to leave," Illidge said.
Illidge urged his fellow Parliamentarians to realise that "we need to make decisions" to finally give consumers some relief, "otherwise don't come up in here." He said he had no problem working with Minister of Energy Theo Heyliger in executing his vision, but wanted to hear from the Supervisory Board and/or GEBE's Shareholding Foundation.
Illidge advocated calling these boards to a Central Committee meeting and giving them instructions "as Parliament is supposed to do. Nobody seems to be able to reach these boards. The Minister can't even reach them," Illidge said.
Looking directly at GEBE Shareholding Foundation Chairman Ralph Richardson, who was present in the hall, Illidge also criticised the structure of the Shareholding Foundation that prohibits any decision from being taken if one member of the five-member board is not present at any given meeting.
In the context of "moving forward," MP Frans Richardson questioned when the GEBE shares transfer actually would be executed and called on his fellow MPs to come together to come up with some solutions for GEBE.
He said that while some of his colleagues could call for action, nothing could happen while St. Maarten had to deal with the other stakeholders in GEBE (Saba and Statia) and until St. Maarten owned 100 per cent of the company.
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