WILLEMSTAD - Member of Parliament for coalition party PAR, Curtley Obispo does not understand why the Advisory Council sent the draft National Integrity Bureau back to the Minister of Administration, Planning and Service, BPD.
The draft National Ordinance was at the RvA for 12 days from 9 to 21 November and has subsequently been returned. Obispo does not want to guess the reason why this was done. The MP also does not express any opinion on whether the National Ordinance is inadequate.
As is known in the coalition agreement of the Rhuggenaath government, combating corruption is one of the priorities. At the beginning of July last year, Minister of BPD Armin Konket said he would like to get the Integrity Office on track on 1 January 2019. He then also received the green light from the Council of Ministers, after a working group presented its final report, but to date, there is no trace of such an independent agency.
Lisa Dindial of the Advisory Council says she is not allowed to speak to the media about this issue and refers to the minister. The minister was unreachable for comment.
Curtley Obispo seems to be the only Member of Parliament of the 21 other parliamentarians who are working hard for an independent Bureau Integrity.