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Committee of CKAIR to meet regarding several draft Kingdom legislation and preparations for the January 2027 IPKO in Sint Maarten | Soualiganewsday

August 11, 2026

Committee of CKAIR to meet regarding several draft Kingdom legislation and preparations for the January 2027 IPKO in Sint Maarten | Soualiganewsday
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SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - The Permanent Committee of Kingdom Affairs and Interparliamentary Relations (CKAIR) of Parliament, will meet on August 12, 2026.

The Committee meeting is scheduled for Wednesday at 14.30hrs. in the Legislative Hall at Wilhelminastraat #1 in Philipsburg.

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The agenda points are:

  1. Incoming documents 
  2. Voorstel van rijkswet houdende regels met betrekking tot de uitlevering voor Aruba, Curaçao en Sint Maarten (Rijkswet uitlevering voor Aruba, Curaçao en Sint Maarten) (IS/1032/2025-2026 d.d. 6 mei 2026)

Proposal for a Kingdom Law containing rules regarding extradition for Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten (Kingdom Law on Extradition for Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten) (IS/1032/2025-2026 dated May 6, 2026)

  1. Voorstel van rijkswet houdende regeling van grondslagen voor zelfstandige algemene maatregelen van rijksbestuur die hun gelding dienen te behouden (Rijkswet delegatiegrondslagen artikel 38, tweede lid, Statuut voor het Koninkrijk) (IS/943/2025-2026 d.d. 9 april 2026)

Proposal for a Kingdom Law establishing the foundations for independent general measures of Kingdom administration that are to remain in force (Kingdom Law on delegation foundations pursuant to Article 38, second paragraph of the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands) (IS/943/2025-2026 dated April 9, 2026)

  1. Voorstel van rijkswet houdende goedkeuring van het op 26 mei 2023 te Belle Plaine/Belvedere tot stand gekomen Verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Franse Republiek inzake de afbakening van de grens tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden (Sint Maarten) en de Franse Republiek (Saint-Martin) (Trb. 2023, 66 en Trb. 2026, 33) (IS/1198/2025-2026 d.d. 22 juni 2026)

Proposal for a Kingdom Law approving the Treaty concluded on May 26, 2023, in Belle Plaine/Belvedere between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the French Republic regarding the delimitation of the border between the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Sint Maarten) and the French Republic (Saint-Martin) (Trb. 2023, 66 and Trb. 2026, 33) (IS/1198/2025-2026 dated June 22, 2026)

  1. Brief inzake de voortgang Deskundigengroep Democratisch Tekort en de verschuiving van de opleverdatum van het eindrapport naar het IPKO van januari 2027.

Letter regarding the progress of the Expert Group on the Democratic Deficit and the postponement of the submission date of the final report to the IPKO meeting of January 2027.

  1. Preparations for Tripartite and IPKO in January 2027 in Sint Maarten 

Members of the public are invited to the House of Parliament to attend parliamentary deliberations.

All persons visiting the House of Parliament must adhere to the house rules.

The House of Parliament is located across from the Court House in Philipsburg. 

The parliamentary sessions will be carried live on TV 15, Soualiga Headlines, via SXM GOV radio FM 107.9, via Pearl Radio FM 98.1, the audio via the internet www.youtube.com/c/SintMaartenParliament and www.pearlfmradio.sx  

Source: https://www.soualiganewsday.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=66419:committee-of-ckair-to-meet-regarding-several-draft-kingdom-legislation-and-preparations-for-the-january-2027-ipko-in-sint-maarten&Itemid=504

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