Patrick Illidge seemed content with the 2nd St Maarten government coalition. Behind the scenes Patrick Illidge along with his “two amigos” Romain Laville and Frans Richardson planned to start their own party for next years elections. That did not sit right with the leaders of the veteran parties. Theo Heyliger of the UP still held a grudge against Patrick, Romain and Frans for leaving his party, Sarah Wescot Williams of the DP was angry after being lambasted by Illidge in Parliament, during the Denicio Richardson fiasco. William Marlin of the NA and colleagues were not amused, many saying that he would take votes from the N.A. Theo Heyliger tried to woo Illidge and co back, and when he couldn’t he had Illidge set up on camera taking money from a mutual friend, Jaap Van Den Heuvel, The owner of brothel “Bada Bing”. Illidge feels that he got little to no sympathy from the NA, and that might be a part of the reason he assisted in the fall of the latest St Maarten government. The irony is, he’s forming a coalition with Theo Heyliger, the man who set him up.
