It was an affected Conner Rousseau who took the floor on Friday evening, sometimes hesitating in his words: “I wanted to get into politics to show that there was a young generation that believes in socialism. I also wanted to have an impact. I have our party reformed.”
“After a witch hunt on my private life. After a serious mistake for which I would like to apologize again, the situation has changed. It is too much about me and no longer about Vooruit’s fight, for better wages and against the extreme right. We have a fantastic team with good ministers. That fight will continue but without me as chairman of Vooruit. I am resigning immediately,” the ex-chairman said on Friday evening. A day later, the socialist party has a new chairman with Melissa Depraetere.