I was amazed how few politicians even know that it exists and I am kind of confused how little they know about it. For this reason I included it as one of the first things on this website.

The Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands (in Dutch: Statuut voor het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden; in Papiamentu: Statuut pa e Reino di Hulanda) describes the political relationship between the three different countries that form the Kingdom of the Netherlands: the Netherlands in Europe and the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba in the Caribbean. The different constitutions of these three countries are legally subjected to the Statute.

As you read the last line of the previous paragraph you must think, "how come politicians do not know this?".

The past few years, a number of politicians have exposed their absolute lack of understanding the charter. The proposals they came up with to solve Kingdom related matters where totally infeasible in light of the charter. Why do I state they do not understand the charter; I do so because it is unthinkable that members of our parliament have such disrespect for the other members and for the electorate, that they would intentionally make that type of proposal in order to look good.

Examples

Article 3.1.c

Former VVD minister Rita Verdonk has tried to push many changes concerning the Dutch Nationality through parliament.

My comment on this is that article 3.1.c explicitly states that this is a Kingdom affair. Therefore the procedure to change the law on Dutch Nationality, which is an integral part of the constitution which is as we know subject to the charter, cannot be pushed through parliament. The charter explicitly states the procedures concerning matters of Kingdom.

In 1954 a principal choice was made concerning unity of citizenship within our Kingdom. The procedures described in the charter will make it very hard, if not impossible, to change citizenship unilatterally.

Article 41.1

Former Leefbaar Rotterdam alderman Marco Pastors states that he would want to unilaterally send the Dutch army into Curacao to create some form of new order during his election campaign.

This is in clear violation of article 41.1 which explicitly states:
The Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba shall conduct their internal affairs autonomously.

These are just a few examples in our recent political history. It's not my goal to find all the proposals that are in violation of the charter. I just wanted to state that the Charter exists and it is of importance.