WILLEMSTAD – The Parliament of Curaçao was not properly informed about major budget changes related to the construction of Hospital Nobo Otrobanda, according to a critical report by the Algemene Rekenkamer Curaçao.
The audit concludes that the constitutional budget rights of Parliament were effectively undermined. In multiple cases, expenditures that were known in advance were not included in the original budget submitted to Parliament. Instead, adjustments were made later, often without following the legally required procedures.
In particular, budget changes totaling NAf. 142.2 million were approved internally by the Council of Ministers but were never formally presented to Parliament beforehand, as required by law.
As a result, lawmakers were only confronted with these financial decisions after the fact, limiting their ability to exercise proper oversight.
The report calls on Parliament to enforce stricter compliance with financial regulations and ensure that future government spending is transparently and timely reported.