During her presence at an event at the University of Aruba Friday night, 24ora.com was searching to have the Prime Minister’s first reaction regarding the fact that a fellow MEP colleague is considered the prime suspect in a case. The Prime Minister stated that she does not know anything concerning Eddy Paris and that she only knows that he is on the island to visit family. “I do not know anything suspicious nor anything about the interrogation”, declared the Prime Minister.
After reporter Bryan Koolman explained the leader of our island all about the situation concerning member and candidate of the “Movimiento Electoral di Pueblo” or MEP party and former representative for Aruba in the European Union, he asked her whether she believes the situation to be similar to what happened with politician Benny Sevinger, who still participated in the election.
To this, the Prime Minister said that Paris is no longer the representative for Aruba in the European Union as his title expired the moment the Wever-Croes I Cabinet retired. “He stayed on for a few months to transfer his work, but in the meantime, he has no contract or employment with the government” stated Wever-Croes.
additionally, the MEP party has very strict rules with regards to integrity, and the example of former Parliamentarian Luigi Bergen was given, who, after having been identified as a suspect in an instance of domestic violence, was asked to resign immediately. “We take these cases very seriously, but in this case, I am unaware of the details”. The Prime Minister also stated that she has yet to receive the letter of resignation from Eddy Prince, as a member of MEP.
Recently, Eddy Paris had been called to be interrogated. He presented with his lawyer. Edmond “Eddie” Paris used to Work at the Banco di Caribe and is suspected to have failed to keep confidential information private. For political reasons, he obtained information on his political opponents. He then divulged confidential information that his clients sent him.
