While he doesn’t want to give a lot of information
Gerold Dompig said that information given about his demotion is not true
He referred us to High Commissioner Bernadina for more information
Bon Dia Aruba
4/6/2006

ORANJESTAD – It is not true that Gerold Dompig was demoted in his functions as some media outlets published yesterday. After many attempts, Bon Dia Aruba was able to contact the Commissioner, who did not want to give out too much information, but categorically denied that the information published was true. Further, the Commissioner did not want to talk and referred us to High Commissioner Bernadina.

DEMOTED

This situation became more interesting, given that Dompig denied that he was already demoted. An investigation Bon Dia Aruba conducted, demonstrates that Dompig himself approached High Commissioner Ronny Bernadina to ask to be pulled as head of the case, and leave him only as a consultant. This was based on purely personal reasons. This conversation between the High Commissioner and Dompig must’ve taken place last Monday, according to Bon Dia Aruba’s understanding. Again Dompig was approached, but he indicated that Mr. Bernadina was the one who had to give this information.

NORMAL PROCEDURES

The fact that he was demoted as interim Korpschef does not make sense either, because it is normal procedure that every year the interim korpschef is changed in a rotation system. And here Dompig acted as interim last year and also the first quarter of this year. As such, he has to cede his function to another commissioner. It is pure coincidence that this happened this way.

LACK OF COMMUNICATION

Anyway, the situation is that there is a lack of communication about this whole matter, where the Minister is not up to date of what is happening in the police force and is declaring things that do not make sense on the street. Bon Dia Aruba will continue to keep an eye on this matter and see how this information be interpreted in the central circles of Aruba.