To be elected as a member of the Island Councilor you have to meet a number of conditions. You must be eighteen years or older and not be excluded from the right to vote. If you want to be installed as a member of the Island Council member, you have to be living on Bonaire. It is also possible on Bonaire for people with a nationality other than the Dutch nationality to be part of the Island Council. For residents with a non-Dutch nationality you must have lived legally on Bonaire for at least five years. Because there are functions that are not compatible with the exercise of the Island Council membership, Island Council members are obliged to make public what other functions they fulfill. For example, you can not be appointed as an official by the Executive Council.