Windward Islands People's Movement

Windward Islands People's Movement
Leader Rolando Wilson[1]
Chairman Will Johnson
Secretary General Carl Buncamper
Founded 1970 (1970)[2]
Preceded by Windward Islands People’s Party
Colours      Orange
Saba Island council
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The Windward Islands People's Movement (WIPM) is a political party in Saba, which holds four of the five seats in the island council of the special municipality after the 2011 Island council elections.[3]

Netherlands Antilles

Until the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles, the party competed in island council elections and for the single Saba seat in the Estates of the Netherlands Antilles (which it won in the 2002, 2006 and 2010 elections). The party has also participated in the island council elections of Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten (until its merger with the Sint Maarten Patriotic Movement (S.P.M.)).

When Saba became part of the Netherlands in 2010, the 2007 island council stayed (where the party obtained 4 of the 5 seats) until election under Dutch law in 2011.[4]

References

  1. ↑ WIPM revamps platform visibility Saba-News.com
  2. ↑ "@: Windward Islands People’s Movement / @: W.I.P.M. / @: WIPM". Encyclopedie van de Nederlandse Antillen (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "Verkiezingsuitslagen". Kiesraad (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "Nieuw stemmen op zijn Netherlands". Trouw (in Dutch). 19 February 2011.


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