With videoThe House of Representatives wants clarification about a shadowy episode from the last cabinet formation in which Pieter Omtzigt played a leading role. In it, conversations were held about former Member of Parliament Omtzigt that were never shared with the House.
John Hoedeman
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Within a week, four scouts Kajsa Ollongren (D66), Annemarie Jorritsma (VVD) and their successors Wouter Koolmees (D66) and Tamara van Ark (VVD)
provide clarity about a conversation they had with the previous President of the Chamber Khadija Arib about Omtzigt in the initial phase of the formation. In previous reports of the formation, nothing about this conversation was shared with the House.
During the arrangement of activities, BBB Member of Parliament Caroline van der Plas asked why Arib’s conversation with Ollongren and Jorritsma about Omtzigt was not shared with the House. She wants a letter about that from those involved. When that letter is available, the House of Representatives wants a hearing about what happened. “In the debate with the informants, there was a blatant lie,” PVV leader Geert Wilders said in response to last weekend’s news broadcast. “If we had known that, this cabinet would never have existed.” Van der Plas also wanted a debate with the prime minister, but there was no majority for that.
In the cabinet formation in which scouts spoke of a ‘function elsewhere’ for Omtzigt, and they saw him as a threat to stability, Pieter Omtzigt was tense at home during the nightly 1 April debate. Omtzigt itself does not need a debate. “I find it annoying that it is now all day about something that happened two years ago,” said the independent member of parliament.
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