Mansur was elected to the
Parliament of Aruba (Staten) following the 2021 general election as the sole representative and parliamentary leader of the newly founded party
ACCION 21. From the opposition, his parliamentary work focused on legislative initiatives; private member's bills, motions and amendments. He also exercised critical parliamentary oversight, including over eight hundred written questions to ministers, challenging the government on the secretive Eagle LNG deal, the corruption scandal at Arubahuis etc.
Private member’s bills During his term, Mansur introduced or co-introduced four private member’s bills, including initiatives relating to marriage equality,
parental leave, electoral reform, and soft-drug policy. These initiatives included: • Same-sex marriage (openstelling huwelijk) – Mansur’s faction announced and pursued a draft law to introduce same-sex marriage in Aruba beginning in 2022, later submitted with co-initiators from other parties. Parliamentary consideration in 2024 resulted in tied votes (10–10), preventing passage at that time. In July 2024, the
Supreme Court of the Netherlands upheld earlier rulings, making same-sex marriage legal in Aruba with immediate effect. • Expansion of maternity/paternity leave – In early 2024,
ACCION 21 submitted a proposal to expand maternity and childbirth leave from 12 to 16 weeks, alongside an expansion of paternity leave to the highest standard currently offered in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. • Electoral reform – In 2024, Mansur submitted a proposal aimed at modernizing Aruba’s electoral law. The changes include introducing the right of vote for Arubans overseas, primary elections for list support, term limits for ministers and members of parliament, improved residual seat allocation and preferential voting reform for candidates on a political list to enter parliament. (kieswet/kiesverordening). • Soft-drug policy – In December 2024, prior to stepping down, Mansur submitted a proposal to change Aruba's drug law framework in relation to "soft drugs," which generated public controversy and debate.
Oversight activity: questions, amendments, and motions Mansur and
ACCION 21 made extensive use of parliamentary oversight tools, including written questions to ministers. The party maintained an online repository of parliamentary questions, ministerial replies, motions, and amendments filed by Mansur during the 2021–2025 term. Summaries published about the party describe the faction as submitting more than 800 parliamentary questions, alongside 11 amendments and 32 motions, and characterize this output as unusually high by local standards. Mansur submitted motions calling for the regularization of the undocumented population, accepting the RAft (Rijkswet Aruba financieel toezicht) and questioned the annual structural increases of Afl. 100 million in government expenditure. ACCION 21’s 2021–2025 program emphasized modernization of governance and increased transparency, including proposals to strengthen publication practices for parliamentary and government documents and to improve public access to information. The party’s focus on parliamentary questions and oversight activity was presented as consistent with these goals of strengthening democratic accountability and transparency. The introduction and support of a same-sex marriage initiative was also framed by Mansur’s faction as part of a broader agenda of equal rights and non-discrimination. The electoral modernization proposal was another of the party's campaign promises as was the 'soft drugs' legalization bill. The motions to regularize the undocumented population and accept the RAft affirm the party's commitments, particularly regarding fiscal discipline and better relations with the Netherlands. ==Post 2024 Aruban general election==