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LOCAL Monday 15 May 2023

22 young Arubans uninitiated into the Youth Parliament of Aruba

(Oranjestad)—On May es of these young initiates; Henrick Tevreden, MP from
12th, the initiation of 22 that is what we are working the MEP fraction, was also
young Arubans into the towards,” Martinus high- present at the ceremony,
Youth Parliament of Aruba lighted. and he expressed how im-
took place. President of the pressed he was: “It’s an im-
foundation, Dave Martinus, In order for these young pressive moment, because
elaborated on this celebra- initiates to form part of the you see these young locals
tion and shared what this Youth Parliament of Aruba, showing up in hopes to be
means for the organization. the president of the organi- empowered, established
zations explained they must and united, so that in the
With this initiation, Martinus first complete a few cours- future they could also oc-
remarked that the foun- es and projects. cupy the seats of parlia-
dation will begin a new ment and serve in the high-
trajectory, where they will In this case, they started est and most important
be working towards devel- with an extensive structure, position in the island,” he
opment. The Youth Parlia- in which the initiated will stated.
ment stands for the rights be going through different
of children, but also for the trajectories with the goal In terms of the constitution
development of youths on to be included in the youth present at this initiation cer- ent articles concerning of the organization on child
Aruba. Martinus states, “To- parliament. emony. She indicated that the treatment of children. treatment, the MP shared
day marks the initiation of for her, this is the first time Raymond explained that that the parliament itself
our standpoint and it’s for In terms of what comes she is experiencing some- during the course of a year has been attending this
that reason that this is a sig- after, Martinus explained thing like this: “I’m deeply and a half, the Parliament matter for many years now,
nificant moment for us.” that there many projects proud to see how many of Aruba have indeed and the rights of children
that they will be working young people are initiated mentioned these articles have become an especial-
He further explained that on. One of these projects into the Youth Parliament. several times, and she is ex- ly important focal point for
the Youth Parliament and will focus on education, in It’s very heartwarming to tremely proud to see that the government of Aruba.
of Parliament of Aruba is which the initiates will have see the seats in the hall filled the Youth Parliament is tak-
no directly related to each the opportunity to con- with youth inspired to have ing on this issue, because “The parliament is indeed
other, but the idea is to suf- tribute their thoughts and a career in politics and to “not only do we lack the doing their best; they have
ficiently help youths devel- ideas. put in the work needed to implementations of many amended certain laws,
op into their own person, fill the seats of the parlia- of the articles, but they are have pressed on certain
so that when they decide “We are very happy that ment,” she expressed. standing for the principles budgets and the social
to join the parliament, they the Aruban government of the articles and what crisis plan has been imple-
are a fully development MP has given them the op- During the ceremony, the they mean, so that they mented,” he added.
with the skills required. portunity to work on this initiates presented differ- could do their job.”
project. It’s also great that Lastly, he stated that the
In terms of skills, he gave we receiving much support Youth Parliament is firmly
the example of skills that from both the initiates’ par- fighting so that the fo-
are sometimes missing ents as well as the parlia- cal points concerning the
amongst people, skills such ment,” Martinus expressed. treatment of children are
as respectful debating and more widely known across
showing sympathy for oth- Lastly, Martinus stated that the island in within the
ers’ opinion, among oth- this initiation is the first step- Dutch kingdom in general.
ers. Mostly importantly, he ping stone for the youths to As MP, he expressed that
states, is for the youth to work on their future, work the parliament is surely sup-
develop into their own per- on their personal devel- porting these initiates and
son, so that they could use opment to be a respect- they think that this is the
their voice as confidently ful, honorable person that focus that they must keep
and clear as possible. could represent the people an eye on, so that the rights
of Aruba. of children can resonate
“At the end of the day, we across Aruba and are re-
wish that MPs could really Misha Raymond, MP from spected within the com-
pay attention to the voic- the Raiz party, was also munity. q