WILLEMSTAD - The Minister of Finance Javier Silvania states that a new request is being made for a tranche for the first quarter of 2022. The seventh tranche of 76 million guilders as liquidity support from the Netherlands is not sufficient to meet the obligations.
The 76 million guilders is not the amount Curaçao initially asked for. The island has not met the conditions by which they received this amount. The Curaçao Medical Center (CMC) is still a major financial problem. There must be a plan of action for the hospital.
The minister indicates that liquidity support must be requested from the Netherlands throughout 2022. “The Netherlands has already announced that liquidity support will end after 2022,” said Silvania. From that moment on, Curacaco must arrange everything itself and ensure that the financial situation is in order. "If we do not meet the obligations, I am afraid that there is a threat of a financial instruction from the Netherlands," said the minister.
More than one hundred million guilders extra income tax was collected from January to September. This is good news, according to Silvania. He says he won’t give up.