ABSTRACT
This chapter reviews the constitutional restructuring of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean in October 2010, or to be more precise on 10/10/10. It analyses the impact of this restructuring and consider whether this transition has stabilized Kingdom relations. According to the Kingdom Charter of 1954 the affairs of the Kingdom are limited mainly to foreign affairs, defence and nationality. The Charter outlined a pertinent division of responsibilities based on the premise that the Netherlands Antilles and the Kingdom would operate in separate and distinct quarters, which worked as long as the cracks in Antillean governance were ignored. The expansion of the Kingdom's chapter of safeguarding Caribbean good governance has encountered reticence in the Netherlands, principally because of the statutory order of 1954 that defined a limited Kingdom portfolio and Caribbean autonomy in all other affairs. An attempt by the Netherlands to regulate the freedom of movement within the Kingdom was dead on arrival.
