THE HAGUE--The Second Chamber is interested in the opinion of the Council of State on expanding the Kingdom Charter's guarantee function to include the areas of health care, education and nature.
Currently the Charter specifies only human rights, good governance and maintaining of law and order as areas of possible intervention by the Kingdom Government.
Parliament's Permanent Committee for Kingdom Relations will handle a request of democrats D66 Member of Parliament Wassila Hachchi today, Wednesday, to seek the advice of the Council of State in preparation of the pending presentation by Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Piet Hein Donner on the future of the Dutch Kingdom.
The letter detailing the request to the Council, which was drafted by D66, shows that Parliament is especially interested in the interpretation and use of the Kingdom Charter, specifically the guarantee function based on which the Kingdom Government can intervene in a country.
The letter seeks an answer to the question about the possibilities Parliament has to make use of Article 43, the guarantee function. The letter also seeks explanation of a number of articles in the Charter about which there are differences in opinion amongst countries in the Kingdom.
These include the authority of the Kingdom in the area of Foreign Affairs, admission and expulsion of foreigners, Article 36 which defines the assistance between the countries, the right of the King to annul federal decrees via the Governors and other authorities of the Governors.
The letter further seeks an elucidation by the Council of State on whether the options in the Charter are sufficiently used or if adapting the Charter is desirable.
The so-called "democratic deficit," as well as the special status of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba in relation to Article 1 of the Charter, is also addressed in the letter.
D66 decided to make use of a new law which enables Parliament to seek the advice of the Council of State
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