Ex-mayor De Haan wants convicted ships to step aside

The ships were convicted together with a former ships, a case involving the hacking of the then administrative secretary of the coastal municipality. Peter Breemersch: “If we look at that legally, she can stay on. But as a politician… Integrity is no longer there. The deontological code has been greatly exceeded. We actually expect a signal from the majority: this is not possible for us.”

Everything revolves around breaking into the mailbox of the ex-board secretary of De Haan. That woman sent an email to her husband about the concession of a tennis club in Wenduine. The intercepted mail was used to fire her with immediate effect.

Mayor Wilfried Vandaele is bored with the case, which took place in the previous board team. Nothing has yet been decided on the merits of Marleen Schillewaert-Vercruyce. Wilfried Vandaele, mayor of De Haan: “I have now worked with the aldermen for 5 years. That has always been done correctly and loyally. That ruling now. From a purely legal point of view, I think it can continue to function. You can ask yourself whether this is ethically correct at all. I am correct. I think we should first let the dust settle and then discuss it. In the group but also with the ships.”

Breemersch’s list accounts for 10 of the 23 council seats. He does not rule out a motion of no confidence against the convicted ships.