 In 1986 he became the first Prime Minister of the newborn country Aruba then besieged by the crisis resulting from LAGO's departure.The Eman administration executed a well prepared economic rescue plan and within a couple of years Aruba was once again afloat sailing in waters of prosperity.During his term the two main political parties – the Arubaanse Volkspartij (AVP, Aruban Peoples Party) led by Eman and the Movimiento Electoral di Pueblo (MEP, People's Electoral Movement) led by Nelson Oduber – accused each other of permitting the Cuntrera-Caruana Mafia clan to infest Aruba with narcotraphic and both claim to have kicked them off the island.