Country Report Curaçao 1st Quarter 2017

Outlook for 2017-18: Election watch

New elections will be held on April 28th. A total of 13 parties contested the 21 legislative seats in the previous election, of which eight parties obtained at least one each. This highlights the high degree of political fragmentation on the island. The MAN, MFK and the Partido Antiá Restrukturá were the only parties to obtain four seats, while Korsou di Nos Tur secured three. Since the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in 2010, no government in Curaçao has lasted the full length of its four-year term, presenting a considerable risk to political stability if the ruling coalition suffers internal frictions.

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