In the radio program, Zwiers also discussed disagreements with MOB foreman Johan Vollenbroek. MOB is an environmental organization that takes a critical look at the arrival of Fage. Vollenbroek had called Fage a “dubious yogurt giant” on Twitter.
Zwiers hit on that. He called Vollenbroek and asked for rectification, otherwise legal action may follow. “Finding it dubious is allowed, that’s an opinion and that’s allowed. But if you say something is dubious then that’s what I call a ‘being judgement’ and then you have to provide some evidence,” Zwiers explains. “And if we treat each other in this way in the Netherlands and pretend it is everywhere, then I think we are far from home.”
Vollenbroek has more than 19,000 followers on Twitter. “We can also bite our teeth sometimes and say how you see the way you interact with each other. I think it’s dubious what he does. I think,” he emphasizes. According to the alderman, both the company and the municipality of Hoogeveen are affected by such a statement. “We are then seen as a party that does business with a dubious company. We don’t let that happen. We think it’s important to make our voice heard every now and then.”
Jan Zwiers about the disagreement with Johan Vollenbroek