Cempaka Belanda: Dutch Queen oversees coalition building

"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) - (Text version)

"The Timing of the Great Shift" – Mar 21, 2009 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Text version)

“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013.
They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."

"Update on Current Events" – Jul 23, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Subjects: The Humanization of God, Gaia, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Benevolent Design, Financial Institutes (Recession, System to Change ...), Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Nuclear Power Revealed, Geothermal Power, Hydro Power, Drinking Water from Seawater, No need for Oil as Much, Middle East in Peace, Persia/Iran Uprising, Muhammad, Israel, DNA, Two Dictators to fall soon, Africa, China, (Old) Souls, Species to go, Whales to Humans, Global Unity,..... etc.)

"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Old Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) - (Text version)

“… The Shift in Human Nature

You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”

Friday, June 11, 2010

Dutch Queen oversees coalition building

Radio Netherlands Worldwide, 11 June 2010 - 3:58pm | By John Tyler

(Photo: ANP)

Dutch Queen Beatrix has been consulting with the leaders of every party with seats in parliament in the wake of Wednesday's election. Her role in piecing together a new coalition government makes her the most powerful monarch in Europe.

It's 40 minutes past nine on a grey morning in The Hague. Liberal VVD leader Mark Rutte steps out of his chauffeur-driven car, waves to gathered reporters, and walks up the steps into Noordeinde Palace. Mr Rutte's party won Wednesday's election, and he is on his way to tell Queen Beatrix how he wants to proceed with the creation of a coalition government.

Cake

When he emerged from the meeting, journalists asked him whether the Queen had provided cake. "No," he said, "not cake, but the usual tray of biscuits, a rich assortment."

"The queen is always very friendly and exceptionally professional. She has been doing this for 30 years. I am impressed by our political system for the very reason that, after all the hectic campaigning, it's very good to have someone who is above the fray leading these talks. She provides the calm that's required to keep the momentum going in this process."

Centre of power

Mark Rutte may have won the election, but this is the Queen's moment to shine. In the days after a parliamentary election, the Dutch head of state is at the centre of power, consulting with the party leaders about how the election results should be interpreted. She is the one to set the formation of a coalition in motion.

Hers is not a ceremonial function. She is the fulcrum of the wheeling and dealing essential to bringing various parties together. Even after a coalition is in place, she continues to play an important role. The Dutch monarch is formally a member of the cabinet, co-signs all legislation, and meets once a week with the prime minister throughout the year.

But her power is greatest right now. The period when a coalition is being puzzled together is the only time when the prime minister and the cabinet are not responsible for her decisions. She alone signs the document appointing the 'informateur' and 'formateur', the two figures who drive the coalition building process.

Tradition

The monarch's role in coalition building is not stipulated in the constitution. Only the procedures dealing with the fall of a cabinet and the swearing in of the next one are determined by law. The procedures surrounding cabinet formation have evolved over time, but they are a widely respected tradition and not law.

There have been numerous attempts to change this. Just a few weeks ago, parliament passed a new non-binding rule stating that this year, the lower house of parliament should oversee the process.

Boris van der Ham, an MP from the reform-minded Democrat 66 party, was one of the new rule's initiators. He says coalition building should be more transparent and more democratic. Therefore he wants the process entrusted to parliament, which is accountable to the people, rather than to an unelected monarch.

Urgency

Critics of the rule say it will slow the process down. Due to the economic crisis, there is a particular sense of urgency to get a new coalition into place. What's more, the election results this time around are deeply complicated, with no clear, stable combination of parties in sight.

Jan Vis, Professor of Constitutional Law, said recently in de Volkskrant that indeed, the new rule would allow parliament to play a role. "But I don't expect that to happen, given the need to get a new cabinet in place quickly."

That's where Mr van der Ham disagrees. He says having parliament oversee the coalition-building process would accelerate matters:

"Imagine, the speaker of the lower house of parliament could have asked the largest party, the VVD, what they wanted, an 'informateur' could have started work yesterday evening. We could have saved a few days."

Noordeinde Palace

There was an earlier attempt to let parliament oversee the forming of a coalition, in 1971. But it failed, and party leaders decided not to try it again this time.

So, as usual, the leaders have been paying a visit to the Queen. After his meeting at the royal palace, the victorious Mr Rutte briefly spoke to the press and then folded his long frame back into the rear seat of his car. He may be the next prime minister of the Netherlands. But the road to the country's highest political office still passes through Noordeinde Palace.