WILLEMSTAD--Curaçao's main Voting Bureau forwarded credentials to the 21 members who were chosen as Island Council members during last Friday's elections.

PAR has eight seats, MFK five, PS four, MAN two, and FOL and PNP one each. Until now, two prospective members have given up their respective seats.

Because Central Government ministers may not be members of the Island Council, Prime Minister Emily de Jongh-Elhage and Minister of Justice Magali Jacoba have officially declined for now. If it turns out PAR is not part of the new coalition in the Executive Council, it is not excluded that these two would still join the Island Council.

As of this Saturday, the PAR faction will consist of Zita Jesus-Leito, Glenn Sulvaran, Pedro Atacho, David Dick, Marilyn Alcalá-Wallé, Dennis Jackson, Malvina Cecilia and Anthony Hollander.

The MFK faction consists of Gerrit Schotte, Jacintha Constancia, Jorge Jamaloodin, Gilmar 'Pik' Pisas and Dean Rozier.

For PS it entails Helmin Wiels, Lionel Jansen, Ivar Asjes and Melvin Cijntje. The MAN will delegate Eunice Eisden and Charles Cooper to the Island Council.

The FOL will delegate Anthony Godett, but it is still uncertain who will hold the PNP seat in the Island Council. A decision on this matter has not been taken yet, according to party chairman Imro van Wilgen.