According to a September 28 article in the Daily Herald, Prime Minister William Marlin categorically denies having given the order to close the borders a few days after Irma. “It is absolutely not true. Never, never, never have I instructed to block the borders so that no one can enter or leave, never, "he told members of parliament on Tuesday, reports the Dutch daily.
At the borders, the Dutch navies responsible for enforcing the prohibition of passage for non-Dutch people indicated to motorists that the order came from the Prime Minister and the local government. So who is lying? Who really gave the order?
If the government of Sint Maarten has a certain number of competences, it has on the other hand no control on the questions of international order and that of the borders. The discussions on the one going to Oyster Pond are for example conducted between France and the Netherlands, Sint Maarten does not intervene.
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