Samuel adjourns Parliament meeting once again, stays on

PHILIPSBURG—President of the Parliament of St. Maarten Rodolphe Samuel (NA) once again adjourned the meeting with as agenda points the latest political developments and motions of no-confidence against four ministers until Friday, after giving his take on the current governmental impasse and announcing he would not longer step down as he had indicated in a radio programme over the weekend, “because I feel that by doing so I would not be defending the constitution.”

Members of the incoming UP/DP/Laville coalition repeatedly tried to interrupt Samuel with points of order, but he refused to give of any of them the word. The president maintained that the recent meeting chaired by Deputy President...