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local Thursday 18 augusT 2022

Minister plenipotentiary

attended the

commemoration of 15

August 1945

Minister Plenipotentiary of the occupation of Japan
Aruba in the Netherlands, of the Dutch East Indies are
mr. Ady Thijsen attended remembered.
the national commemora-
tion of 15 August 1945. On Prime minister of the Neth-
this date, the Second World erlands, Mark Rutte, to-
War officially ended for the gether with State Secretary
kingdom of the Nether- for Public Health, Gen-
lands. eral Wellbeing and Sport,
Maarten van Ooijen, laid a of coronavirus pandemic Monument at The Hague.
At the same time, on this wreath in the name of the This year’s commemoration it could welcome a large
date all victims of the war Kingdom Council of Minis- was held for the first time at public who were there to Photographer Marco de
in Asia against Japan, and ters. 7pm, and after two years presence at the Indisch Swart.

Virtual meeting between Kingdom’s premiers and

Secretary of State

They discussed the alternative COHO law, on which Aruba is working

and prime minister Wever- plement, which was also
Croes, in order to discuss agreed as a condition in
this alternative. order to receive financial
support from the Nether-
It is a fact, according to the lands during the Covid-19
press release, that Aruba, pandemic. For Aruba, the
Curaçao and Sint Maarten topic of an advice to re-
have indicated that they ceive a binding instruc-
do not have enough sup- tion from the Netherlands
port in Parliament for a regarding the budget is a
consensus kingdom law for current theme, but this was
COHO, so they are working not discussed in a group
on an alternative, Wever- meeting like this one with
Croes indicated. the other prime ministers.

She added that these To conclude, Wever-Croes
sorts of meetings are nec- said that this week she will
ORANJESTAD – This week, a she met with the prime Prime minister Wever-Croes essary in order to keep in discuss the binding instruc-
virtual meeting took place ministers of Curaçao and indicated that she expects contact with each other tion with Secretary of State
between the Dutch Secre- Sint Maarten, the countries that by the end of this cur- and to discuss common Van Huffelen, because it is
tary of State for Kingdom indicated to the Secretary rent month there will be themes. Other themes that a topic regarding Aruba.
Affairs, Alexandra van of State that they do not a concept on which the were discussed during the She says that her cabinet
Huffelen, together with the have enough support in countries can deliberate. meeting included the de- is working with a lot of ef-
prime minister of Curaçao, Parliament for a kingdom Next month, another meet- cisions made in the King- fort to avoid the binding in-
Mr. Gilmar ‘Pik’ Pisas; prime law for COHO. COHO is ing will take place between dom Council of Ministers struction so that Aruba can
minister of Sint Maarten, the Caribbean Organ for Secretary of State Van and the landspakket – the continue on the path to re-
Mrs. Silveria Jacobs; and Reform and Development, Huffelen, prime minister Pi- package of conditions that covery.
prime minister of Aruba, Ev- which was agreed by all sas, prime minister Jacobs, each country needs to im-
elyn Wever-Croes. During three countries as a con-
this meeting, various topics dition to receive financial
were discussed, however support from the Nether-
the most important was an lands during the Covid-19
update on the current state pandemic.
of the COHO laws.
At that time, it was agreed
According to a press re- that Aruba would work on
lease from the government an alternative for COHO.
of Aruba, these sorts of During the virtual meeting
meetings take place regu- that took place this week,
larly to discuss common deliberations were held on
topics. how far the preparations
for this alternative law are,
Last June, during a visit and how the progress is go-
of Secretary of State Van ing.
Huffelen to Aruba, where