“The Ombudsman’s Investigation: a useful addition to a lawyer’s defense”

June 06, 2012 7:16 PM

WILLEMSTAD  -  Today one of the speakers at the Second Curacao International Ombudsman Conference was mr. Karel Frielink, Attorney and Partner at Spigthoff Attorneys & Tax Advisers Curacao, who held a speech entitled  “The Ombudsman’s Investigation: a useful addition to a lawyer’s defense”.

An Ombudsman is impartial and independent. Such a complaint-resolution mechanism was and is needed to supplement the traditional means of seeking redress. According to Karel Frielinkk this is particularly true for Curacao, because in many cases the government and government agencies are unresponsive, or even take or refuse to take administrative decisions contrary to the laws and regulations as well as contrary to court judgments. Frielink stated that recently, it was established that in over 120 cases the Curacao Minister of Justice simply refused to follow court orders to decide on applications - or on objections against notional refusals - filed by aliens who applied for a (temporary) residence permit. “This is a good example of bad government practices. Even a Minister of Justice must abide by the law!“

Here you can read the complete text of the speech by mr. Karel Frielink

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