�� Alliance also focused on labour�
PHILIPSBURG--Member of Parliament Frans Richardson on Thursday confirmed that his colleague in Parliament Leroy DeWeever has approached the National Alliance faction in a bi-partisan effort to draft legislation which he (DeWeever) expects would be more stringent on developers of future timeshare projects on St. Maarten.
Just before Pelican Resort Club closed (now Simpson Bay Resort and Marinas) DeWeever had stressed that he would table changes to timeshare legislation that would not be welcomed by developers and, in particular, by the new owners of Simpson Bay Resort and Marinas.
The new legislation, he said, will be in keeping with applicable laws, will be transparent, responsible and in the scope of good governance. He said the legislation will be modelled after what is being utilized on other islands.
MP Richardson said DeWeever had reached out to him and the leader of the National Alliance William Marlin to discuss the matter. "As a faction we have always said we are willing to work on anything and with anyone once it is in the benefit of St. Maarten. Our faction is also looking at a balanced approached to timeshare in general, something that will keep the home owners, developers and St. Maarten in mind. I believe Mr. DeWeever is still working on the draft and we will more than likely hear him out once he is that far," Richardson said.
The MP said the Alliance faction has its own thoughts and approaches to timeshare legislation, including the related issue of labour. He said his faction has already started to look at labour legislation and is being guided by legal advice in the drafting of said legislation.
"These are just the steps you have to take with legislation, especially one as complicated as labour. But we are working on it," Richardson said.
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