[1][2] In July 2021 he stated that the Curaçaohuis, the office of the Minister Plenipotentiary of Curaçao, needed to become more efficient and more visible to the Curaçaoan community in the Netherlands.
[4] A report by the Ministry of Governance, Planning and Service from November 2021 was highly critical of the hiring of four people at the Curaçaohuis.
[5] Although only the position of interim-director was deemed critical, and thus permissible unlike the others of which there was a vacancy stop, the Curaçaoan Council of Ministers gave approval to the hiring of the four.
In response the Real Alternative Party proposed that the financial administration of the institution should be looked into by the Court of Audit.
[8] In July 2022 Sheldry Osepa, member of the coalition National People's Party in the Parliament of Curaçao, was critical of the working conditions in the Curaçaohuis under Manuel and asked 47 questions to Prime Minister Gilmar Pisas on the issue.