Bastiaan de Jong LL.M. M.Sc. works and lives on Bonaire from where he is doing his research as an external PhD candidate connected to the Law Faculty of Leiden University. In his research he focusses on the constitutional position of the (special) municipalities of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba within the Dutch constitutional framework and the effects this has on the equal treatment within The Netherlands. In daily life Bastiaan de Jong works as sr. advisor to the (act.) Kingdom Representative for Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba.