St. Martin News Network

If Curacao government falls, it is a clear indication that the dutch government system is poor. It doesn't guarantee no stable government with a one-seat majority nor a coalition government. For example, on the french side the governing party has a clear majority of 17 seats to the opposition 6 seats. The party with the most votes automatically gets fixed number of seats out right plus more. That makes the government stable. But with the dutch system the party with the most votes, cannot rejoice in victory on election night if they fall short of a majority in terms of parliament seats. The real winners are determined by who can form a coalition. And history shows, the party with the most votes end up in opposition and that could be the trend for years to come. That system needs to change or there will never be a stable government in the dutch countries

The system has always been the same when we used to have stable governments. The difference nowadays is the immaturity of the politicians and the frivolous way of voting by the population. Any dog and his cat can postulate himself on a political slate or even form his own party. It is called 'freedom'. The voting population needs to hold their politicians more accountable and stop voting for material things or who looks pretty or who is my family. That is not a good mix for running a country.

What we also need to keep in mind is that the political news we get from Curacao tend to generally come from one source. It is also no secret that this one source is a PAR supporter. Therefore, the news is often subjective, biased and skewed against the sitting government. Need I say more? The media should play a more positive role in giving objective and well researched news. In that regard, the media houses on St. Maarten are failing us miserably.

Finally, the Curacao government, which from its onset seemed to be a shaky government, is still intact while that of stronger ones on Bonaire, St. Eustatius and St. Maarten have fallen. Go figure!

the source on curacao was and still from 10-10-10 against this government together with par members, remember they are not on the board any longer from all those nv's here on curacao, so that is why they are so against this government, and what makes matters worst, par has many members dont have an income so they are fighting very hard to get back in to government and what makes us very angry instead of this government start working for the people and stay focus together as one, they are in the media fighting each other. wiels really has to get his act together and fast, otherwise next election!!!!