WILLEMSTAD - As of today, members of parliament may interrupt and question each other during meetings of Parliament. The national decree that paves the way has been published and has thus acquired legal force.
There is now also the possibility to bring ministers to Parliament for a question hour and to question them. This will happen every two weeks on Thursday. The changes must lead to more transparency in the functioning of Parliament, and more debate must now follow.
It won't be a free-for-all. The President of Parliament is the one who can assign interruptions or switch off the microphone. A large screen behind the President of Parliament shows who has requested interruptions.