WILLEMSTAD - The Caribbean Organ for Reform and Development (COHO) Kingdom Act will not come into effect for the time being. The four Dutch Kingdom countries were unable to reach an agreement during the consultations in Aruba. During the press conference, the three prime ministers and state secretary Alexandra van Huffelen did not discuss what the issues are even after repeated questions from the media.
At the official level, three scenarios were put forward to work out the enormous number of questions from the parliaments of Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten and to set a course for how the reforms will be realized. But none of those scenarios were unanimously favored.
It has now been agreed that the three Dutch Caribbean countries will work out a joint scenario that should lead to an amendment of the COHO Kingdom Act. The four countries will meet again in August to discuss further.
The absence of agreement on the Kingdom Act has no consequences for the implementation of the progress of the reform led by the Temporary Work Organization TWO.