Too optimistic

The initial announcement that the members of the new Council of Ministers would be sworn in tomorrow has proven to be too optimistic, as formateur Marlin is now expected to deliver his final report to the governor this upcoming Friday.

It’s a delay of just a couple of days but it makes us wonder about the reason for it.

Since it behooves the formateur not to speak with the media about possible problems in the formation we are left guessing – and our best guess is that there is somehow a problem with the screening of one of the candidate-ministers.

It is remarkable how quiet the Dutch have been about the formation of the new government, after the ruckus they caused in 2014 when UP-leader Heyliger seemed destined to become our country’s next prime minister.

All we wish for is a speedy process and a stable government.