Since its change of status, the COM of Saint-Martin considers that the amount of endowments corresponding to the transfer of powers owed by the State is insufficient, that the calculation to assess the volume of endowments has been poorly done.
The provisional report of the territorial chamber of accounts mentioning this undervaluation, gave matter to the COM to launch a legal battle. She thus seized the administrative court and asked him to "order the State to pay him the sum of 47 euros in compensation as a result of errors tainting his overall compensation allowances". The case was examined Thursday, January 017 in Saint-Martin.
According to Maître Marie-Yvonne Benjamin, this is a “major fault”. "This gigantic underestimation reveals a fault of the State," she insisted. "This fault is fraud, hence a claim for compensation," said the lawyer who estimated 71 million shortfall for COM.
The public rapporteur estimated him at some 30 million shortfall, part of the sums due being prescribed. He thus asked the administrative court to order the State to pay the COM of Saint-Martin the sum of 30 million.
The judgment was reserved. It should be returned in a fortnight. (Soualigapost.com)
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