This October marked fifteen years since the sweeping 2010 constitutional reform that reshaped the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Curaçao and Sint Maarten became autonomous countries, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba became special municipalities, and Aruba continued with its separate status achieved in 1986.
In fact Curacao has been annexed by the corporate tourist industry, which are now in full control of the islands (foreign business) politics. The only way to escape this colonial style onslaught is to remove the special envoy, called governor.
As the article showed above, the same political heist occurred with Hawaii in 1896.
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Today, as The Hague reflects on seventy years of the Kingdom Charter, a position paper from the Dutch government paints a glossy picture of equal dialogue and respect for autonomy.
But for anyone in the Caribbean reading between the lines, the conclusion is inescapable: autonomy within the Kingdom remains more illusion than reality.
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Democratic Deficit: Second-Class Citizenship
One glaring issue is the democratic deficit. Caribbeans in the Kingdom are bound by Dutch-made Rijkswetten (Kingdom laws), but they have no voice in the parliament that writes those laws.
A straightforward solution exists: grant Caribbean Dutch citizens voting rights for the Tweede Kamer. The government, however, refuses.
Why? Because those votes could affect the composition of a Dutch cabinet. In other words, Caribbean voices are excluded precisely because they might matter.
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This is not autonomy; it is disenfranchisement. Caribbean Dutch are reduced to second-class citizens—expected to follow laws but barred from shaping them. In other terms APARTHEID.
And let’s not be fooled by the argument that only two or three percent of legislation involves rijkswetten. These laws cover the most fundamental areas: finance, defense, nationality, and foreign affairs. Their impact on daily life is undeniable.
Disputes Without Recourse
The second failure is the Kingdom’s long-delayed dispute resolution mechanism. The Charter requires an arrangement for conflicts between the Netherlands and the Caribbean countries.
The Council of State recommended an independent, binding system—a natural safeguard in any mature legal order.
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Yet the Dutch government refuses. By insisting that legal and policy issues are too intertwined for independent judgment, The Hague ensures it remains both referee and player.
For Curaçao, Sint Maarten, and Aruba, this means autonomy is conditional, granted only so long as the Netherlands approves.
A Missed Opportunity
Seventy years after the Charter and fifteen years into this constitutional structure, the Kingdom had a chance to make history: to extend full voting rights, to create independent checks on Dutch power, and to prove autonomy is more than a paper promise.
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Instead, the government has chosen inertia. The status quo remains: autonomy as rhetoric, not as practice. For the Caribbean countries, this anniversary is not a celebration of equality but a reminder of the structural imbalance that persists.
The real question now is whether we, as Caribbean partners in this Kingdom, continue to accept autonomy with strings attached—or whether it is time to demand, once and for all, a Kingdom that lives up to its own ideals of equality and respect.
Now, the fascist bend Healthcare Workers Union (CBV) has advised its members not to participate in a public rally planned for Friday October, 17th @ Wilhelminaplein, organized in support of Minister of Health, Environment and Nature (GMN) Javier Silvania.
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The rally is being organized by supporters of Silvania, who have called on his more than 18,000 voters to show up dressed in white as a symbol of peace. The event coincides with a public parliamentary meeting scheduled for Friday at 1:00 p.m.
Observers see the controversy as a symptom of deeper structural issues in the relationship between political leadership and the independence of the civil service.
Silvania, however, has denied any wrongdoing and insists that he remains fully committed to carrying out his duties as minister.
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Unfortunately Dutch backed propaganda has ripped open the curtain on a system where the rule of law bends at the will of influence, and where ordinary citizens face one kind of justice, while the privileged enjoy another.
The Silvania–Trona affair is not about two men shouting in an office. It’s about a country held hostage by its autonomous silence. It’s about the ordinary citizens who pay their taxes faithfully while watching others escape scrutiny.
It’s about the erosion of faith in public institutions — the slow rot of a system that calls itself democratic but behaves like a private club.
Curacao Chronicle / APARTHEID 2025.
If you ain’t Dutch you ain’t much …………………..
Wiels was murdered, and the rest must dance to the Dutch tones, otherwise ………………….faith will disguise reality.
A very well written article Baronmaya and I agree with every word it makes me think of Greenland and how the overseas government of Denmark took more interest in Greenland when Donald wanted to buy the island . I am behind your cause because its a righteous cause they talk of independence then shackle you down by using the law to deny you real independence and make you servants in your own land . They are lucky I am not a Curacao citizen as I would speak out loudly to all nations of the world but they would probably jail… Read more »
With a governor installed, there can never be an autonomy for the island of Curacao, see what happened to Hawaii, to understand how a corporate seizure works out and takes control over the islands politics based on a business model.
The new latest installed governor is one with a military background, so fasten seat-belts for what these Dutch thugs have in the pipeline for the local impoverished population.
Very interesting thoughts, but on this island world wide criminals hide for Interpol and they all have their mafia like tools to destroy any opposition. Speaking out of experience, first they isolate targeted persons of interest, by closing down their bank accounts or wipe out any other source of income, under the guise of falsely accusing them of their own crimes committed, like money laundering or personal attacks to degrade their . To complete the plot, the organized crime rings corrupt their utility bills to drain more money out of their pockets, terrorize them with 24/7 noise pollution with so-called… Read more »
Thank you for this information LWWWSC from what you have said your island is being treated as a very base third world colony and if it is all true you should be in communication with the FIDH &HRW to bring this major injustice to worldwide prominence. This can be done without divulging the complainer .I accept the native residents would be in serious trouble if they rose up in protest. What you and others have to do is give as much adverse publicity of what you posted above to all the world just like the world now knows of the… Read more »
At the rate Donald is going and acting its so called “best friend ” the UK will find itself without those islands under its control.