After the controversy that has arisen, Wilfred Genee is no longer allowed to say anything about the agreements he has made with the team of Prime Minister Mark Rutte. “Do you care about that?!”
The statements that Wilfred Genee made on Wednesday Inside about the arrival of Prime Minister Mark Rutte to the program have caused quite a stir. The presenter shouted that the prime minister said no farmers, no benefit parents, no Groningers and no politically clearers should be in the studio.
A little more nuance
According to Rutte and his VVD, that is only partly true. According to the party, specific groups have not been discussed, but the prime minister does not want to be ‘surprised’ by the public ‘because of safety’. He did confirm that he does not want a political clearer or another politician at the bar. “Because I’ve been running into them all week.”
Wilfred swallowed his claims about Rutte on Thursday: “I have to nuance that a bit more. It came down to the fact that the VVD had said that people are allowed to be present, and that may also be farmers or people from Limburg, etc., but he does not want to be surprised, not even in terms of safety, etc. “
Duty of confidentiality
Another day later, yesterday in the Friday broadcast, Wilfred indicates that he is no longer allowed to talk about it. “Still, it remains a strange story, but well, I can’t go into it anymore, because ehhh…”
Hélène Hendriks surprised: “Why not? Do you care about that?”
Wilfred: “What?”
Hélène: “You say: ‘I’m not allowed to go into it anymore’, why not?”
Wilfred: “No, I mean ehhh. No, let it go… Beer in a fat glass, let it go.”
No Groningen people
Johan Derksen breaks in on that. “I understand, because he once sat at a talk show table somewhere, at Op1 or at Jinek, and then all kinds of people from Groningen were in the audience and they became hostile towards him and that was a pretty embarrassing situation for him.”
Wilfred now states that the VVD has indeed used that example. “So they did use that as an example, but more to indicate that he wants to feel a bit safe and that we should prevent that, but those examples were called that, so to speak. In the end, oh, what a load of shit.”
Banana Republic
Prime Minister Rutte said yesterday to be sorry of his first, short response to the conclusions of the Groningen parliamentary committee of inquiry, two weeks ago.
Johan: “If you get a report like that from Groningen on your plate and you are responsible for it, then every leader of a decent country would draw its own conclusions. Only a leader of a banana republic doesn’t care about that. Under Rutte we have gradually become a banana republic, apparently.”
Prime Minister Rutte will be in Today Inside on Monday evening, at 9:30 p.m. on SBS 6.