The Acting Kingdom Representative (wRv) is calling for a large-scale, integrated approach now that he has been forced to end his intergovernmental oversight.
The Living Environment and Transport Inspectorate (ILT) has reviewed the progress report from the Public Entity Bonaire (OLB) dated January 31st. Based on this, the wRv concludes that the OLB has taken the minimum necessary legal steps, meaning that active supervision by the wRv is no longer the means to address this situation. Without a legal basis, the wRv should end this intervention.
In practice, and in the eyes of the residents of Bonaire, the emergency situation at Selibon Lagun is far from resolved. There is no beginning of a (structural) solution visible. The ILT also still calls the situation worrying and complex. This has made the situation even more urgent.
The wRv acknowledges this. In a letter to the national government and the OLB, the wRv therefore urgently calls for an integrated approach that will lead to a breakthrough toward a sustainable solution at Selibon Lagun. Because that is what the residents of Bonaire deserve. This approach must, at the very least, ensure targeted coordination, sufficient financial resources, and effective oversight at the appropriate level.
*Attachment: the letter (in Dutch) to the Executive Council of the Public Entity Bonaire (OLB), the State Secretaries of Infrastructure and Water Management and of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, the Minister of Climate Policy and Green Growth, the State Secretaries of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature, and of Health, Welfare and Sport.