WILLEMSTAD - Las weekend, there was a small demonstration against the so-called Emergency Act. This weekend a video appeared on Facebook of Edsard Ravelli, who lives in the Netherlands. He warned that the new law gives the government dictatorial powers. Partly because of this video, a demonstration was held yesterday at the statue of Tula against the law, which is officially called Curaçao National Ordinance on the State of Emergency.
The core of Ravelli's objection is that the law gives the government far-reaching powers when an emergency is declared. The government has responded to the criticism, saying that situation will not be as described by Ravelli and that there are many checks in the law.
It is remarkable that the parliament as scheduled to debate the bill proposal today, but that was postponed yesterday without any specific reason. The government has announced that it will "provide a correct explanation in the coming days, in which legal experts will explain in detail the bill proposal".