Kralendijk- In a new and surprising turn of events, the MPB is terminating the support for the MPB-UPB-fraction Rapahela and fraction Bernabela, effectively immediately. The decision is sending the present Executive Council home. The decision of the MPB, communicated by MPB-board president Ibi Antonius, is the second surprise in local politics after former DP fraction member Clark Abraham had declared himself independent in the island council earlier in the day.

After the move by MPB, a lot of speculation is going on about who will form the new executive council.