Team mediation between Island Council and Government Commissioners arrives on Statia
The mediation team consisting of Suzanne (Suzy) Camelia- Römer, Maria Liberia-Peters and Alba Martijn, arrived on St. Eustatius today, Sunday, March 6th, 2022. They have been appointed recently to assist in a mediation attempt between the Island Council and the Government Commissioner Alida Francis and Deputy Government Commissioner Claudia Toet.
The mediation team was welcomed upon arrival at the F.D. Roosevelt Airport by Government Commissioner Alida Francis and Island Council member Rechelline Leerdam.
Suzanne (Suzy) Camelia- Römer, lawyer and former Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles, is the appointed mediator of the Island Council. Maria Liberia-Peters, former Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles, is the appointed mediator for the Government Commissioners. Alba Martijn, a lawyer and former Ombudsman on Curaçao, will support both mediators.
The request for mediation is the result of the Island Council adopting a motion in a meeting of the Island Council on December 23rd, 2021. Parties are looking forward to the mediation and have agreed not to communicate publicly on the process while this is ongoing.