Van der Sluijs-Plantz: St. Maarten has too many institutions, too little capacity

During the Inter-Parliamentary Kingdom Consultation (IPKO) in The Hague, Maria van der Sluijs-Plantz, Chairwoman of the Evaluation Committee for the Mutual Arrangement for Cooperation on Reforms, observed that St. Maarten has too many institutions for its size and insufficient capacity to staff and operate them effectively. This observation was presented to explain why Aruba, Curaçao, and St. Maarten cannot be treated as a uniform "CAS" category. Her statement highlights a significant governance challenge for St. Maarten, suggesting a need for differentiated approaches in reform efforts rather than a generalized strategy for the Caribbean constituent countries within the Kingdom.