Country: | Curaçao |
Movement for the Future of Curaçao | |
Name Lang1: | Beweging voor de Toekomst van Curaçao |
Lang1: | Dutch |
Native Name: | Movementu Futuro Kòrsou |
Native Name Lang: | Papiamento |
Founder: | Gerrit Schotte |
Leader: | Gilmar Pisas |
Foundation: | 9 July 2010 |
Ideology: | Curaçao independence |
Position: | Centre[1] to centre-right |
Colours: | Blue, white |
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Seats1 Title: | Estates of Curaçao |
The Movement for the Future of Curaçao (Dutch; Flemish: Beweging voor de Toekomst van Curaçao, Papiamento: Movementu Futuro Kòrsou, MFK) is a political party in Curaçao, founded by Gerrit Schotte in 2010, which has 9 of the 21 seats in the Parliament of Curaçao after the 2021 elections.[2]
The party entered the island council of Curaçao (which became the Estates of Curaçao on 10 October 2010) after the general election of 27 August 2010 as the second largest party, winning 5 of 21 seats.[3] Its leader Gerrit Schotte became the first Prime Minister of Curaçao in a coalition cabinet of MFK, PS and MAN.[4] In March 2017 Gilmar Pisas became the second MFK prime minister of Curaçao.
In April 2017 party leader Schotte stated he wished to obtain independence for Curaçao.[5]
Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Government | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15,953 | 21.46 (#2) | 5 | |||||
18,450 | 21.21 (#2) | ||||||
12,671 | 16.01 (#2) | 1 | |||||
15,710 | 19.92 (#3) | 1 | |||||
2021 | Gilmar Pisas | 23,559 | 27.76 (#1) | 4 |