THE HAGUE - The working group that has considered the responsibilities of Aruba, Curacao, Sint Maarten and the Netherlands individually and that of the Kingdom as a whole has been completed. This was announced by the State Secretary for Kingdom Relations Alexandra van Huffelen in a report of her working visit to the islands.
The working group was set up in response to the subject of 'revision of the Statute' that was mentioned in the coalition agreement. The group has jointly drawn up a document to arrive at a vision. The document highlights the request for a substantive analysis of the responsibilities, identifying the opportunities and pitfalls and making proposals for a further process around the implementation.
“I would have liked to have discussed further implementation with the Prime Ministers during the four-country meeting on 20 June, but because the discussion of the COHO Kingdom Act (the Caribbean Organ for Reformer and Development) took more time, we did not get to this important agenda item,” said Van Huffelen. It is now up to the governments of the countries to submit the memorandum to the responsible ministers.