The trial would last about ten weeks. That deadline turned out to be unfeasible. The open discussion with the government that had been promised in advance did not materialize either, as is apparent from the stories of several participants and documents that have been published de Volkskrant has realized. In many cases, the government only wants to compensate a fraction of the damage that the parents say they have suffered, according to the responses from the state attorney sent this week.
The hope was last year that the settlement agreement (vso) could speed up the recovery operation of the benefits affair. In addition, a parent, assisted by a personal injury lawyer, and representatives of the government would reach agreement after a few talks on a financial compensation amount, with which the parent could ‘move on with his life’.