
Former Prime Minister to appear in court in August
WILLEMSTAD - The lawsuit against former Prime Minister of Curaçao Gerrit Schotte will be treated by the Court of Justice on August 1, 2 and if more time is needed on the 3rd. The Public Prosecutor (OM) wants to More...

OM to reclaim funds in “Babel”
WILLEMSTAD - The Public Prosecutor‟s Office (OM) Curaçao will proceed with the process to reclaim funds from Gerrit Schotte (Curaçao, 1974) and Cicely van der Dijs (Curaçao, 1978). It concerns the recovery More...

Prosecution again demands a three-year prison sentence against former Prime Minister
WILLEMSTAD - The Public Prosecution (OM) in Curaçao has again demanded a three-year prison sentence in the Court of Appeal against former Prime Minister Gerrit Schotte. If he is convicted by the court, Schotte More...

Gerrit Schotte is not corrupt but a “creative politician,” says his lawyer
WILLEMSTAD - The former Premier of Curaçao Gerrit Schotte has already been sentenced, but will try to reverse the conviction. Gerrit Schotte is a “politician with a huge ambition. He is creative, with innovative More...

Former Premier ready for his appeal case
WILLEMSTAD - Former Prime Minister of Curaçao Gerrit Schotte and his wife Cicely van der Dijs have to appear before the court on June 12 and 13 for their appeal case. The court hearing of the Babel case will take More...

Hearings appeal case Babel on June 12 and 13
WILLEMSTAD – The substantive hearing of the appeal in the case Babel will take place on Monday, June 12 and Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at 9pm Last year March, the former Prime Minister of Curaçao Gerrit Schotte was More...

Appeal case Schotte and Van der Dijs expected before the elections
WILLEMSTAD - Former Prime Minister Gerrit Schotte should probably appear before three judges soon. This could take place even before the elections. The three judges are handling the appeal case Babel. The defense, More...

Knoops: “Investigation against Schotte was unlawful”
WILLEMSTAD – “Something in the dossier tells us that the case Babel is not right.” Words of Dutch top lawyer Geert-Jan Knoops during the pre-trial of the appeal. “There are a lot of coincidences.” Knoops More...

Sulvaran: “Court president just does not want judges from the Netherlands”
WILLEMSTAD - According to Eldon Sulvaran, who is the defense lawyer of the former Prime Minister of Curaçao, Gerrit Schotte, the President of the Joint Court of Justice does not want judges from the Netherlands More...

No judges from the Netherlands in appeal case Babel
WILLEMSTAD – There will be no judges from the Netherlands to initiate the appeal case of former Prime Minister of Curaçao Gerrit Schotte and his life partner Cicely van der Dijs. This is the well known case Babel. More...