Ex-politicians, doctors, lawyers, entrepreneurs and scientists have signed the manifesto. Among them are the former MPs Joël Voordewind (ChristenUnie), Marianne Thieme (Party for the Animals) and Michel Rog (CDA), as well as professor Jan Rotmans, comedian Guido Weijers, top man Ritty van Straalen (ID&T Group), directors Dick Maas and Martin Koolhoven and pastor Paul Visser.
The coalition called Undistributed Open in no way thinks it is a good idea to work with corona tickets, whether that is based on 1G, 2G or 3G. Now that it becomes clear that this coronavirus will also become endemic, corona tickets should not be given a place in the ‘toolbox’ of a free democracy. We call on the government and parliament to abolish the corona ticket with immediate effect,” the initiators write.
The cabinet currently applies a 3G policy. This means that people who can show that they have tested negative, have been cured or have been vaccinated will be given access to certain places. With a 2G policy, pre-testing is no longer sufficient and with 1G everyone must be tested.
According to Undistributed Open, a 2G or 3G policy will, among other things, exclude unvaccinated people and contribute “to the increasing polarization and division in our society.” Although 1G removes inequalities between people, the coalition says, this system too “is still based on the idea that proof of health may be a condition for access to society.” Nor is it proportionate “to the small reduction in virus spread it produces.”
A petition the group opened online has attracted more than 32,000 signatures on Friday.
Keijzer was fired as State Secretary in September, after she had expressed herself extremely critical about the corona pass in an interview with De Telegraaf.