WILLEMSTAD - State Secretary for Kingdom Relations Van Huffelen has reacted rather laconically to the letter from the Curaçao government that it wants to renegotiate the agreement on the COHO law. Prime Minister Pisas wants a kingdom conference to change the "autonomy-undermining" bill because otherwise Curaçao’s parliament will reject it.
Van Huffelen thinks it makes no sense to implement reforms if you don't believe in them. She therefore thinks it is "smart" that time is taken to answer questions that still arise. When she visits the countries in May and June, the minister wants to hear what the MPs are concerned about and what they want to change about the COHO law.
The letter from Willemstad is seen by observers as a bomb under the relationship of trust with The Hague, which is allergic to the tendency of Caribbean governments to renegotiate agreements that they have previously agreed to. But unlike her predecessor Knops, Van Huffelen manages to hide her irritation.
The wish of The Hague to deal with the law before the summer recess is in trouble, because after the Chamber of Representatives, the Senate must also give the green light. The Senate is known to take a lot of work if there is insufficient support for a law in the Caribbean.