Plasterk sticks to plan for Dispute Regulation

January 28, 2016 8:14 AM
THE HAGUE--Dutch Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Ronald Plasterk has sent a proposal for a definite form of a Dispute Regulation (“geschillenregeling”), to be secured in a Kingdom Law, to the Prime Ministers of the Dutch Caribbean.
 
Plasterk stated in a letter to the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament, which was released on Wednesday, that he subscribed to the importance of establishing a Dispute Regulation for the Kingdom, as stated in the Kingdom Charter.
 
The Minister stated that he was most willing to comply with the request of the Inter-Parliamentary Consultation for the Kingdom IPKO, held in St. Maarten early January 2016, to arrive at a joint, detailed proposal for a Dispute Regulation.
 
As such, Plasterk has proposed to the Prime Ministers of Aruba, Curaçao and St. Maarten in writing earlier this month to come to a definite arrangement of the Dispute Regulation in the form of a Kingdom Law. In his proposal Plasterk sticks to his initial suggestion to have the Council of State of the Kingdom act as the advisory authority.
 
The Kingdom Law would contain, in essence, provisions in case a country has objections to a projected decision of the Kingdom Council of Ministers. In first instance a so-called continued consultation would be held. If that consultation doesn’t result in an agreement, the objecting country can propose the matter for dispute resolution.
 
In Plasterk’s proposal for the Kingdom Law Dispute Regulation, the Kingdom Government will defer decision-taking for at least two weeks. The projected decision will be taken to the Council of State of the Kingdom. The objections of the involved country will be fully incorporated.
 
The Kingdom Council of Ministers will take a decision whereby the advice of the Council of State will be taken into account. Deviation from the advice of the Council of State is only possible with proper motivation. The decision of the Kingdom Government and the advice of Council of State are immediately published after decision-taking.
 
So far, Plasterk’s proposal to have the Council of State of the Kingdom act as the advisory authority in the Dispute Regulation cannot count on the support of the Dutch Caribbean governments. Aruba, Curaçao and St. Maarten want the Supreme Court to assume the role of the advisory authority in the Dispute Regulation.

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