During the public meeting Accion21 delivered a motion, supported by MAS and independent parliamentarian Rycond Santos Do Nacimento. A motion with the following dictum: decides to urge the government to agree to the Rijkswet Aruba Financial Supervision before October 10, 2023. A motion that can hardly be understood what exactly they want.
According to parliamentarian Shailiny Tromp-Lee during public meeting Accion21 delivered a motion, supported by MAS and independent Rycond Santos Do Nacimento. A motion with the following dictum: decides to urge the government to agree to the Rijkswet Aruba financial supervision before October 10, 2023.
A motion that can hardly be understood exactly what they want. Because the reality is that The government of Aruba has already agreed to the rijkswet and has already presented the law since February 12, 2022 to the Parliament of Aruba by the Dutch Tweede Kamer. But it’s good for people to realize that not only in the parliament of Aruba, but also in Curaçao and Sint Maarten are in the process of reaching consensus on the COHO and RAft regulations, and remain condemned. This was highlighted once again on the platform of IPKO, the State Dutch general also acknowledged that the process had gone wrong. Probably three of those that signed the motion are well aware of this fact.
From the beginning you have heard about the “Forced Consensus”. Our governments (Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten) had no choice but to agree to the terms of Netherlands for a law to guarantee financial aid from the Netherlands to provide wage subsidies, financial support to small and medium-sized companies and manage the pandemic situation and the health of our people.
We are happy with the financial help from the Netherlands but certainly since 2020 we have come saying that we condemn and find it unacceptable that this help did not come in the way we expected according to the Article 36 of the Statute, but it was conditioned in a way that we could have never thought about. Despite this fact, they persist for RAFT. People have to understand politics, that they want to play is certainly not in the benefit of Aruba. They’re just opposing against the negotiation for the benefit of our country.
The reality is that the Government of Aruba has already agreed to the said law and already on 12 February 2022 the law was presented to the Parliament of Aruba through the Tweede Kamer (House of Representatives) of the Netherlands. But it’s good for us to realize that not only in this parliamentary chamber in Aruba, but also in Curaçao and Sint Maarten the process leading to the consensus rijkswet COHO and RAft has been condemned. This was underlined once again on the IPKO platform, as the Dutch States General also acknowledged the fact that the process went wrong. Probably three of those that signed the motion are well aware of this fact.
In the parliament it was demonstrated that the minority opposition stands for RAft. A law that undermines the authority of the Parliament of Aruba, without condemning the process, without demanding changes for favorable benefits for our country, to prevent conditions that harms our economic development and growth, without asking for financial conditions in comparison with the sister islands, if they ask to be treated equally and fairly. A truly disappointing attitude.
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