Support for NuStar Statia referendum

Yesterday, the Dutch parliamentary committee of Kingdom Relations discussed the NuStar expansion plans (among other things). Political parties Socialist Party (SP), GroenLinks, and PvdA now seem to be in favor of a referendum for the Statia people.

SEAD is not in favor of a referendum because the necessary conditions cannot be met on the island (freedom of speech, public access to information, absence of intimidation). We'll come back to that in a separate blog post.


 Questions were also being asked to minister Donner about whether or not the Dutch government was supposed to be involved in the decision making on the building permit for NuStar.

The Minister said that primarily the decision making was a matter of local government and secondarily, other Minsters than himself should be addressed. In earlier meetings however, Donner had assured Parliament that the Dutch Government would be involved in the decision-making process.

Read the full article in The Daily Herald: Support for NuStar Statia referendum