Aruba awaiting declaration from State Department today
DIARIO Aruba
11/09/2005

ORANJESTAD (AAN): The Prime Minister showed that Aruba is anxiously awaiting today for when the State Department of the US issues a declaration in regards to the action of Governor Riley of Alabama.

Aruba sent a message to the State Department about what took place on Tuesday, and expects to know on Wednesday morning for the State Department to issue a declaration about all the latest happenings. The latter deals with a series of actions Aruba took on Tuesday.

The Plenipotentiary Minister of Aruba in America, took a message of concern and upset to the Kingdom Ambassador in Washington.

Additionally, via the Dutch Government, it is expected that Buitenlandse Zaken requests a declaration from Governor Bob Riley as well.

Today Aruba spoke with Minister Bot of Holland. Aruba wants Minister Bot to call the American Ambassador in The Hague to ask for clarification about what Bob Riley wants to achieve with a boycott of Aruba. Because in reality, it is the judicial system guaranteed by Holland which is being questioned.

Governor Riley could have support from other Governors and Condoleezza Rice.
Because of this, the government knows that the situation is very serious for Aruba, so it has to wait for what the State Department will declare today and wait for Holland to do something given that Dutch Justice is at play.

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