WILLEMSTAD--The future of the Schotte cabinet in Curaçao is once again uncertain, now that parliamentarian Eugene Cleopa (MAN) has informed his party's board that he can no longer support the MFK/PS/MAN government. Without his backing the coalition, which has 11 seats in the 21-seat legislature, would lose its minimal one-seat majority.
The news comes amid separate reports that Minister of Finance George "Jorge" Jamaloodin (MFK) informed other cabinet members in writing recently of his intention to step down effective January 31, 2013. However, he never officially submitted his resignation and the letter in question had not been handled by the Council of Ministers.
MAN president Efi van der Meent confirmed Cleopa's letter to the board and said it would be discussed in a special party congress Thursday night. Party leader Minister Charles Cooper is abroad, but is expected to be back just in time for the meeting.
Asked on TeleCuraçao whether this meant Cleopa would resign as party member, Van der Meent said Cleopa would stay with MAN and probably in Parliament. He did not want to explain how that could work as member of the MAN fraction, but not in support of the coalition, stating that the congress would have to take a decision and he would not speculate.
Van der Meent succeeded Cleopa as party president only recently. The latter had already indicated at the time that he was making his position as such available because he had not been totally happy about certain decisions within MAN regarding the actions of the current government.
There has been more and more criticism among the rank and file of the blue party founded by Don Martina about its participation.
Rumours that Jamaloodin might throw in the towel have been circulating since Parliament approved a "motion of disapproval" that allowed him to stay in office and the MFK/PS/MAN coalition later turned down a motion of no-confidence by the main opposition party PAR that would have forced him to quit.
There also were rumours that the resignations of MFK fraction leader Dean Rozier and Health Minister Jacinta Scoop-Constantia (MFK) supposedly were imminent as well. MFK president Amerigo Thode laughingly dismissed these rumours regarding party members, saying he was not aware of any such thing.
Source: http://www.thedailyherald.com/islands/1-islands-news/30006-curacao-coalition-hangs-by-a-thread-.html
The Ashes Redrow Consumer affairs Public sector cuts Wigan Athletic Lloyds Banking Group
No comments:
Post a Comment