St. Martin News Network

Willemstad: --- The much anticipated Round Table Conference (RTC) on the constitutional future of the Netherlands Antilles had to be delayed due to a bomb threat.
The meeting which was scheduled to begin at 2pm yesterday was delayed for some hours since police had to evacuate the International Trade Center where the meeting was to be held and move to the military base a more secure area.
Police have so far arrested five persons including the leader of a political party and a member of parliament, it is alleged the two had a confrontation with police prior to the start of the meetings.
Police on Curacao already opened an investigation into the alleged bomb threat, the second for this year.
Curacoaleans have been protesting the RTC since they are now calling on their people to go for another referendum which will be early next year.

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