WILLEMSTAD - Member of Parliament for the opposition party PAR Zita Jesus-Leito has asked questions to the Minister of Traffic, Transport and Spatial Planning (VVRP) Charles Cooper about the parking policy in the city center. Jesus-Leito wants to know the status of the negotiations with the Parking Authority Curaçao (PAC).
At the end of 2021, the Court of Audit of Curaçao calculated that the former parking manager still owes the government six million guilders in user rights compensation. During a Parliament meeting in February, parliament approved a retroactive contract for PAC for the period from 2010 to 2020.
“Meanwhile, the law has been approved,” says Jesus-Leito. “It has been agreed that the amount to be repaid will be determined in a negotiation process, because not all details of the contract and the agreements have been properly laid down from the start.”
According to the former VVRP minister, the passing of the law opens the way for Cooper to start negotiations with PAC on the outstanding amount. Jesus-Leito writes in her letter to the minister that it is important that the money that PAC owes the government ends up in the national treasury. She wants to know whether the Minister of Finance has already received the funds.
The opposition MP also wants clarity about the status of the new parking manager and what the new parking policy will be in the city center. She calls the current situation chaotic.