HARBOUR VIEW--Governor Eugene Holiday wrapped up the first day of consultations to arrive at the formation of a new cabinet, on Wednesday. The talks continue today, Thursday.
The Governor spoke with Advisory Council Vice Chairman Mavis Brooks-Salmon, President of Parliament Gracita Arrindell and National Alliance leader William Marlin, in the morning.
The consultations in the afternoon were with Member of Parliament (MP) of the United People's (UP) party Silvia Olivacce-Meyers, Democratic Party fraction leader MP Roy Marlin, UP leader Theo Heyliger and independent MPs Frans Richardson, Patrick Illidge and Romain Laville.
Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams handed in her Cabinet's resignation to Holiday on Tuesday afternoon, after she had received the official resignation from all ministers. The letter will also be forwarded to Parliament.
The letter signals the end of the UP/Democratic Party (DP) coalition that has been in office for the past 19 months. The cabinet comprises the four UP members Deputy Prime Minister/Infrastructure Minister Theo Heyliger (UP leader), Tourism and Economic Affairs Minister Franklin Meyers (UP president), Finance Minister Hiro Shigemoto and Education and Culture Minister Rhoda Arrindell; and Justice Minister Roland Duncan, Health and Labour Minister Cornelius de Weever and Wescot-Williams.
The UP/DP coalition lost its majority in Parliament, when UP fraction leader MP Romain Laville resigned from the party. Laville together with independent MP Patrick Illidge and MPs Roy Marlin and Leroy de Weever (DP) withdrew their support from the coalition, in an April 30 letter to Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams.
Subsequently, a letter was submitted on May 2 to the governor, informing him of the composition of the proposed new government which will be supported by 10 MPs. The letter also gave an outline of the portfolio division agreed to by NA, DP and the three independent MPs.
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