Amigoe: AVP-party leader Mike Eman: ‘Aruba in constitutional crises’

Looks like the wheels are coming off the cart. According to Amigoe, AVP-party leader Mike Eman states that‘Aruba in constitutional crises.

“The Aruban parliament is brought to a standstill. There is mention of a deadlock. The most fundamental right of the parliament to request a meeting and also get it, so that the members of parliament can debate on the policy of the country, is annulled due to the position of the chairman of Parliament”, said AVP-party leader Mike Eman.

According to Eman, Aruba is in a constitutional crisis and most of the fundamental institutions in our constitutional order do not function effectively any longer. “Guaranteeing the legal security is a responsibility of the Kingdom. An appeal can be made to the governor as part of this.”

The disarray in Aruba I hope has got the attention of a certain NYC Judge who is considering the jurisdiction of Natalee Holloway family’s civil case. The lack of a competent investigation, questionable rulings by previous judges, home-town croneism and a less than solid political situation in Aruba would hopefully point the Judge to determine that the Holloway’s & Twitty’s could not get a fair trial in Aruba and keep the jurisdiction in NYC.

Full Amigoe story:

ARUBA – “The Aruban parliament is brought to a standstill. There is mention of a deadlock. The most fundamental right of the parliament to request a meeting and also get it, so that the members of parliament can debate on the policy of the country, is annulled due to the position of the chairman of Parliament”, said AVP-party leader Mike Eman.

He said this last Wednesday in front of the entrance of the parliament building. Eman was there together with a delegation of his party and a group of sympathizers and for the seventh time requested the chairman of Parliament for a public meeting during which the ‘measures in the form of increasing the import taxes and excises of the Oduber IV-cabinet’ would be discussed.

After also the 7^th request didn’t work out, the AVP-party is now considering an appeal to Governor Fredis Refunjol. According to Eman, Aruba is in a constitutional crisis and most of the fundamental institutions in our constitutional order do not function effectively any longer. “Guaranteeing the legal security is a responsibility of the Kingdom. An appeal can be made to the governor as part of this.”

Eman is of the opinion that the request for a public meeting cannot be neglected. “That is a flagrant violation of the parliamentary right to meet.”

According to AVP, the meeting that they have requested is separate from the process with regard to the National decision. “According to the constitution, the meeting requested by our party has to be continued. The chairman cannot stop this with the excuse that he is waiting for the government to send the National Ordinance.”

The AVP has been trying to meet about the measures of the government since April. The first time was on April 2^nd. The chairman of Parliament didn’t react on that though. Therefore, based on article 23 of the ‘Rules of the order for the Parliament, the AVP requested a public meeting with ‘measures in the form of increasing the import taxes and excises of the Oduber IV-cabinet’ as agenda item. The meeting took place on May 10^th and was adjourned immediately after it started. The reason for this was that the Parliament had not received all the documents that were needed. AVP says that the documents were received a day later, but the adjourned meeting didn’t continue. An adjourned meeting has to be called again within 30 days after the adjournment, said AVP to the chairman of Parliament, but this didn’t happen. The chairman did organize another public meeting though upon request of the government. Eman calls this a violation of the fundamental right of Members of Parliament.