PHILIPSBURG--Democratic Party Parliamentarian Leroy de Weever said on Monday that if the new owner of Pelican Resort Club, now Simpson Bay Resort and Marinas, followed through on its intent to close the resort, he would table changes to timeshare legislation within 48 hours that would not be welcomed by developers, in particular the new owner of Simpson Bay Resort and Marinas.
De Weever said it was unfortunate that the situation had reached this point and he intended to pull all factions together in a bipartisan move to fix the existing legislation once and for all. He said the new owner of the resort would "not be acting in good faith" towards St. Maarten if it went ahead and closed the resort.
The new legislation, he said, will be in keeping with applicable laws, will be transparent, responsible and in the scope of good governance. "But it will cause setbacks for developers, that I can promise you," he said, adding that he would reach out to National Alliance leader William Marlin, the United People's party and his own faction in the next three weeks to get the legislation done.
He said the legislation would be modelled after what was being utilised on other islands, but not St. Maarten. "Only in St. Maarten we have these free-for-all do-as-I-please developers," he said. He added that the legislation would be able to withstand any challenge in a court of law and he was confident it would be accepted by Kingdom partners.
De Weever stopped short of providing details of this proposed new legislation, but assured that should the resort close, he would outline details of it "within 48 hours."
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