Dear Editor, On February 1st, 2018, the Dutch Government adopted a bill providing for administrative intervention in Statia, after the Committee of Wise Men, in their report, concluded that the then PLP/Merkman led Government was accused of ‘gross neglect’ of duty. The report further stated that, “this neglect has had a harmful effect on the island’s people”. On February 7, 2018, State Secretary of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations, … [Read more] about Opinion: The Failed Statian Experiment
