The Government’s decision to close the road behind Tierra del Sol was made without an impact study, without consultation with stakeholders, and without transparency regarding the reasoning behind this abrupt decision.
This is the way the Government is making decisions that directly affect the lives of thousands of citizens.
According to the letter from the Aruba Offroad Foundation, around one thousand people are affected. Think of small entrepreneurs, tour guides, operators, and their families. We are talking about people who depend on this for their daily livelihood.
What is concerning is not just the decision itself, but the way it was made. A government that makes decisions affecting the economic life of its people without dialoguing first, without studying the consequences, and without presenting an alternative, is not governing—it is imposing.
The Offroad Foundation itself presented a solution: a single, controlled route with proper supervision. A proposal that protects nature without destroying our people’s jobs. To this day, the Government has not given them an answer.
The meeting with Prime Minister Eman on July 10 passed without results. The Government’s silence is the answer.
How can the Government talk about sustainability when it kills the business of its own people?