Dark clouds hanging over cabinet Koeiman
WILLEMSTAD – According to credible sources, there is currently a tumultuous meeting taking place at Fort Amsterdam. All ministers and Members of Parliament are present with the exception of Melvin...
View ArticleUpdate: Dark clouds hanging over cabinet Koeiman
WILLEMSTAD – The Minister of Traffic, Transportation and Spatial Planning, Suzanne Camelia-Römer will not accept a parliamentary committee for Smart Zoning as proposed by some Members of Parliament. If...
View ArticleTension between coalition partners
WILLEMSTAD – Tensions are running high between the coalition partners MAN, PAR, PNP and Pueblo Soberano (PS). This after the PS came with the initiative, during a parliamentary meeting, for a temporary...
View ArticleJesus-Leito: “All this distrust in the government is unnecessary!”
WILLEMSTAD – According to the Minister of Public Health, Zita Jesus-Leito the way the Committee on Smart Zoning was established in parliament brings a distrust in the government. This is certainly not...
View ArticleMiss Universe Curaçao Chanelle de Lau visits Council of Ministers
WILLEMSTAD – The Miss Universe Curaçao Chanelle de Lau recently visited the Council of Ministers. During her visit she shared her experiences at the Miss Universe Beauty Pageant where she also had the...
View ArticleCamelia-Römer has a committee but Cijntje wants another one
WILLEMSTAD – There is a palpable tension between the parties of the current government coalition these days. Many are saying that it could be the Pueblo Soberano (PS) party that could cause a crisis...
View ArticleGovernment’s crisis: Cabinet Koeiman loses its majority in Parliament
WILLEMSTAD – The government of Curaçao does not have the support of a majority in Parliament. Only seven weeks into their term, the government headed by Prime Minister Koeiman is in crisis. The Pueblo...
View ArticleUpdate: Cabinet Koeiman resigns and calls for early election
WILLEMSTAD - The Prime Minister of Curaçao Hensley Koeiman and his government resigned today. The Prime Minister also called for an early election. The opposition parties declared that they have the...
View ArticleSchotte: “New elections are welcome!”
WILLEMSTAD – Former Prime Minister of Curaçao and leader of the opposition party MFK, Gerrit Schotte welcomes new elections. He indicated that he has no problem at all with the dissolution of the...
View ArticleParliamentary meeting continues on Friday at the request of 11 MPs
WILLEMSTAD – Parliament clerk Silvin Cijntje has called a parliamentary meeting for Friday. Major topics include the resignation of the current president and vice-president and the election of their...
View ArticleBreaking News: New majority elects another President of Parliament
WILLEMSTAD – A new majority in parliament consisting of the parties MFK, Korsou di Nos Tur, Pueblo Soberano, Marilyn Moses of Movementu Progresivo and the Independent MP Edward Braam called an urgent...
View ArticleBreaking News: New majority in Parliament adopts motion of no confidence...
WILLEMSTAD – In an urgent parliamentary meeting called by the new majority consisting of MFK, Korsou di Nos Tur, Pueblo Soberano, Movementu Progresivo and Independent MP Edward Braam, adopted seven...
View ArticleConsultations between the Governor and ‘group of eleven’ this morning
WILLEMSTAD - This morning at 9 o'clock, Governor Lucille George-Wout will meet with the 11 MPs who now form the new majority in Parliament. As was already reported, last night during an emergency...
View ArticleBreaking News: “Last night’s parliamentary meeting was illegal!”
WILLEMSTAD – The Governor of Curaçao Lucille George-Wout indicated to the group of eleven that their meeting last night was illegal. The Governor made this clear during her meeting with the new...
View ArticleFierce political power struggle in Curaçao
WILLEMSTAD - Curacao is witnessing a crackling political showdown. Gerrit Schotte refuses to accept the elections of April 28 called by the Governor after the fall of the government of Prime Minister...
View ArticleIf at all possible
It happened once before with a then Central Government of the – since dismantled – Netherlands Antilles, but the latest precedents were set in Willemstad in 2012 and Philipsburg in 2015. It regards a...
View ArticleMinister Larmonie-Cecilia proposed by group of eleven to form a government
WILLEMSTAD – In a letter to the Governor, the group of eleven Members of Parliament propose Minister Ruthmilda Larmonie-Cecilia as the ‘formateur’ for a new government. The eleven MPs consisting of the...
View ArticleCrucial parliamentary meeting today after ‘illegal’ urgent meeting last Tuesday
WILLEMSTAD - Today the planned parliamentary meeting takes place and the proceedings will be crucial. During the ‘illegal’ emergency meeting last Tuesday, the group of eleven Members of Parliament...
View ArticleKoeiman: “They tried to bribe one of our MPs!”
WILLEMSTAD - There is one prominent Member of Parliament for the ruling party MAN that they tried to bribe with the purpose to change affiliation and drop support for the coalition. This is according...
View ArticleParliament adopt motions to dismiss four ministers and the Minister...
WILLEMSTAD – As was announced by the new majority in Parliament, today they adopted several motions of no confidence against the Ministers Eugene Rhuggenaath, Suzanne Camelia-Römer, Kenneth Gijsbertha,...
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