WILLEMSTAD - The Minister of Finance Javier Silvania and his colleague from Health, Environment and Nature (GMN), Dorothy Pietersz-Janga have made concrete agreements for liquidity support to waste collection company Selikor. For example, two working groups have been set up to examine the 20 million guilders that Selikor will receive and the new management agreement with the government.
The first working group will work out liquidity support to Selikor. In addition to the monthly advance, Selikor will receive additional liquidity support from the government. This liquidity support will start in May 2022. The second working group is responsible for the management agreement.
The liquidity support working group will decide what the conditions are that Selikor must meet in order to receive liquidity support, according to the press release from the Ministry of Finance. These conditions are that Selikor will not lay off employees. In addition, Selikor will take care of the cleaning of many neighborhoods in 2022. Furthermore, the population of Curaçao will be offered the opportunity to deposit garbage at Mal Pais once a week for free.
In the working group for the management agreement, a step-by-step plan will be drawn up to arrive at a new management agreement that the government can afford. The working groups consist of employees from the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of GMN, Selikor and the trade union BTG.
Neysa Isenia, financial director of Aqualectra, has transferred the collected waste tax of 20 million guilders to the government at Silvania's request to cover costs related to the extra liquidity support provided to Selikor.