WILLEMSTAD - Everyone is welcome in Parke pa Lucha i Libertat on Monday. The State Secretary for Kingdom Relations will then give a speech. Van Huffelen discusses the role that the Netherlands played in the slavery past. The commemorative year of slavery is also announced on this day.
The speech of the State Secretary can also be followed online via Facebook and several local TV channels. Those who want to be physically present are advised to bring their own chair. The speech, with the expected apology for the slavery past, is from half past nine in the morning to twelve in the afternoon. The other Dutch ministers will address the government's response to the report 'Chains of the Past' at seven other locations within the Kingdom and Suriname.