Gilmar Pisas


Gilmar S. "Pik" Pisas is a Curaçaoan politician of the Movement for the Future of Curaçao. He was Prime Minister of Curaçao between 24 March 2017 and 29 May 2017.

Career

Pisas was born on 28 October 1971. Before becoming involved in politics he worked as a police officer.
Pisas was elected to the Estates of Curaçao in the 2016 elections. On 17 February 2017 Pisas was elected President of the Estates, he succeeded Giselle McWilliam.
On 24 March 2017 Pisas was sworn in as Prime Minister of Curaçao. His cabinet received support by 12 of 21 MP's. It included those belonging to the Movement for the Future of Curaçao, Korsou di Nos Tur, Movementu Progresivo, Sovereign People and independent MP's Gassan Dannawi and Eduard Braam. Pisas was positioned as interim Prime Minister, pending the screening of Charles Cooper. Pisas was succeeded as President of the Estates by Amerigo Thodé.

April 2017 elections

Shortly after the formation of the Pisas cabinet, it requested Governor Lucille George-Wout that the planned 28 April elections be cancelled. Pisas stated that a new majority had been formed in the Estates and that there was thus no need for new elections. This new majority of MP's started a procedure at the European Court of Human Rights to allow the elections to be cancelled. The petition to the ECHR was dismissed by the court on 29 March.
A National Decree was adopted by the Estates on 27 March, calling for the cancelling or postponing of the elections. Governor George-Wout refused to sign the decree, cited it "seriously impaired legal certainty and good governance" and nominated it for destruction at the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of the Netherlands proposed, by use of an, to task Governor George-Wout with responsibility for holding the elections. Minister of Interior and Kingdom Relations Ronald Plasterk stated that the "interim cabinet severely damaged the integrity of the electoral process" and asked the Council of State for an urgent advice. On 3 April the Council of State gave a positive advice for the proposed measures. The proposed measures were formally taken by the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of the Netherlands the same day. In response to the actions by the Council of Ministers Pisas stated: "the Netherlands is biased" and that the Netherlands was behind the parties opposing his coalition. He regretted the decision by the Council and called it unnecessary.
On 28 April, the day of the elections, Pisas submitted the resignation of his cabinet and that of the Minister Plenipotentiary of Curaçao to the Governor. Pisas obtained 3000 preferential votes in the elections and obtained a seat in the Estates. On 29 May the Pisas cabinet was succeeded by that of Eugene Rhuggenaath.

Cabinet

The Pisas cabinet was sworn in by Governor Lucille George-Wout on 24 March 2017.
MinistryMinisterPeriodParty
Prime MinisterGilmar Pisas24 March 2017 – 29 May 2017Movement for the Future of Curaçao
Minister for Education, Science, Culture and SportMaureena Esprit-Maduro24 March 2017 – 29 May 2017Independent, representative for Gassan Dannawi
Minister for Social Development, Work and WelfareJaime Córdoba24 March 2017 – 29 May 2017Sovereign People
Minister for JusticeGilmar Pisas24 March 2017 – 29 May 2017Movement for the Future of Curaçao
Minister for Governance, Planning and ServiceNorberto Vieira Ribeiro24 March 2017 – 29 May 2017Korsou di Nos Tur
Minister for FinanceLourdes Alberto24 March 2017 – 29 May 2017Independent, representative for Eduard Braam
Minister for Traffic, Transport and Urban PlanningRuthmilda Larmonie-Cecilia24 March 2017 – 30 March 2017Sovereign People
Minister for Economic DevelopmentErrol Goeloe24 March 2017 – 29 May 2017Korsou di Nos Tur
Minister for Health, Environment and NatureSisline Girigoria24 March 2017 – 29 May 2017Movementu Progresivo