Maria-NOT JUST ANOTHER POLITICIAN

The Democratic Party Government appointed Claudius Buncamper and Rafael Boasman to the board of St. Maarten Telecommunications Holding Company (TELEM). Claudius is the husband of Telecommunications Commissioner Maria Buncamper. He is already on the board of the Harbour and the head of maintenance at the Public Works Department. Boastman was the elections campaign manager for Maria Buncamper and he is the head of the Island labour department. The Leader of Government Sarah Wescot Williams says it is not unethical and not in breach of any regulation. When Claudius Buncamper was appointed on the board of the Harbour, Sarah said that his wife Maria was not a Comissioner at the time, but an island council lady-so she is not in the executive council. Well, now she is in the executive council. Is this not nepotism? DP says it is not. Well what really is Nepotism? People Speak. Click To Read highlighted News below:

Buncamper and Boasman on Telem Board
Board appointments draws Sharp Criticisms
Sarah says No Conflict Of Interest
Good Governance
Duncan says It is Nepotism
Gracita says it is Bad Judgment
Marlin tells Maria How Things Go
Moiky Slams Maria
Governor and Good Governance
Juliana Baptiste says I Believe in Nepotism
Duncan responds to Juliana Baptiste

Nepotism dates back to 1670 and it is the showing of favoritism toward relatives (favoritism as in appointment to a job based on kinship), based upon that relationship, rather than on an objective evaluation of ability or suitability. For instance, offering employment to a relative, despite the fact that there are others who are better qualified and willing to perform the job, would be considered nepotism. The word nepotism is from the Latin word 'nepos', meaning "nephew" or "grandchild".

Pronunciation: ne-pə-ti-zəm
Function: noun
Etymology: French népotisme, from Italian nepotismo, from nepote nephew, from Latin nepot-, nepos grandson, nephew, relative
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Cronyism on the other hand is partiality to long-standing friends, especially by appointing them to positions of authority, regardless of their qualifications. Cronyism exists when the appointer and the beneficiary are in social contact; often, the appointer is inadequate to hold his or her own job or position of authority and for this reason the appointer appoints individuals who will not try to weaken him or her, or express views contrary to those of the appointer.

Source: Wikipedia

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Submitted by sybille on Fri, 2008-01-04 12:36.

Buncamper setting an example
Anonymous (not verified) | Sat, 2008-01-26 21:48

I was confused today.

'Toontje' wrote a letter to the editor about the slap on the wrist 4 young men got for killing someone.

He talked about that it sends the wrong message to the islands youth.

???

What message does the Buncamper family send to people after his appointment on the Telem Board?

Setting an example
Anonymous (not verified) | Sun, 2008-01-27 03:28

While I see your point, killing someone-murder, is a crime under our law.
Nepotism like what Commissioner Maria did with placing her husband on a government owned company is not.
I do not support what the Commissioner did and I believe she made a wrong judgement by thinking that her decision and that of the EXCO would not be taken seriously by the people.
But, here is a bigger picture, The opposition could have passed a motion to make such actions criminal by amending the law stating that Commissioners and the EXCO CANNOT place spouses of current government officials on Government owned companies.
So I do not ever want to hear them complain otherwise we should all throw this fact in their face.

setting and example.
Anonymous (not verified) | Sun, 2008-01-27 11:33

I said this once and I will say it again. We the people of sxm do not care anymore about sxm , than getting a chance to attack each other. I do not agree with Bumcamper appointment either. But God why do we attack him on that now instead of talking about the sentence he brought up. We are attacking the messenger rather than dealing with message that will have and big implication for the way our Criminals (and i say criminals not youth, because it is not the youth alone)thinks of our justice system. Instead of attacking him let us join together on this one for the better of our country.Politics have divided us so much than we do not see nothing good from noone if they do not have the same party color. In another country there would of being a protest against such a ridiculous sentence. in Sxm there is a protest against the messenger. All because of politics. The country Netherlands Antilles is splitting up not because we the people want it, but because we let the politicians divide us and rule. they mess up the country and then blame everyone then themselves and we believe and follow them. Here we go again fighting each other on such and important topic.

loner.

I don't see your point
Anonymous (not verified) | Sun, 2008-01-27 09:50

You say that the opposition could have passed a motion. I don't get it. How do they pass motions as a minority in the Island Council?

sorry, presented
Anonymous (not verified) | Sun, 2008-01-27 16:26

You are correct. I meant present a motion that will amend the law making it illegal to appoint a spouse of a Commissioner of a Govt. owned Company.

independent judgement affected
Anonymous (not verified) | Wed, 2008-01-09 15:41

There may not be an actual conflict of interest but there is a potential apparent and objective conflict (finance and party-politics) of interest that can affect the independent judgment of the appointees

Professionalism
Anonymous (not verified) | Wed, 2008-01-09 12:16

Remember Maria said it is not nepotism but professionalism. Forget about how it appears to the public and what the workers at Telem may think. Consider what would happen if there is a labor issue at telem. Who will the labor head side with?
How would he make his judgments.

Sweet BUNS-SCAMPER
Anonymous (not verified) | Fri, 2008-01-04 13:56

It is not very hard to get a NO LIMIT CAR RENTAL, NO LIMIT CLOTHING STORE, NO LIMIT BANK ACCOUNT, NO LIMIT BUS, NO LIMIT WHATEVER YOU WANT.

YOU KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. DO LIKE JULIANA BAPTISTE!

you forgot
Anonymous (not verified) | Wed, 2008-01-09 15:45

You forgot to mention that people are saying that buncamper also has a construction company on the dump that receives contracts from gov't without going through a bids. They have SXM in their hands. They say Theo has Koops and Buncamper has Windward Roads. During elections look at the companies putting up the election posters

Mrs. aria Bankruptthecamper in Government
Anonymous (not verified) | Thu, 2008-01-17 22:07

Ladies and Gentlemen this lady Commissioner Maria Bankrupthecamper really mean to rape and scrape what ever is left, rumors have it now that she is trying to take or has taken 5000 square meters of land on the sanitary land fill and also 1500 square meters of land in Pointe Blanche for her daughter….hmmm……talk about nepotism again.

She is threatening her executive colleagues if they do not support her actions/doings….ok maybe support is too nice….step in her way sound better, because she is really bullying her way through the corridors of power!.

That’s why I purposely called her Mrs. Maria Bankruptthecamper.

Proof please
Anonymous (not verified) | Fri, 2008-01-18 12:50

And when you present credible proof of all this, I'll take you serious. The Alliance tried this rumor stupidness last election to and look what happened. People tired of this kinda crap. Either come with proof so we can really debate or just....go away.

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