Alexander van Dam LLM, MPA
Since June 2016, Alexander van Dam is the Attorney –General for Aruba. Amongst his broad working experience on Aruba, he is engaged in the establishment of Bureau Integriteit Aruba (the Integrity Officie Aruba). Before that, he held several positions within the Netherlands Public Prosecution Service.
He started back in 2001 as a Public Prosecutor in Amsterdam. After that, he was responsible for terrorist cases like the Hofstad Case as a National Prosecutor. Hereafter he became a manager in the Public Prosecutor Service in The Hague and in Amsterdam. Before he went to Aruba, he was Deputy Chief Public Prosecutor in Zeeland-West-Brabant. In 2019 he will be returning to the Netherlands Prosecutor Service to become there again a managing member.
Content contribution
His contribution includes an outline of present possibilities of countering breaches of integrity within the state of Aruba. As he states, the public prosecution service is the ultimum remedium. First, public officials should be made aware of their position and responsibilities by other means like training by the newly established Integrity Office of Aruba. Civil servants and other government officials should be aware of the consequences of their behavior. If necessary, the public prosecution service is willing and prepared to bring breaches of integrity before a judge.