Rutten’s departure exposes power play at Open Vld: a club of 4 decides everything and does not discuss anything. “This was not a choice against Rutten, but for their own future”

De Croo, Ongena, Somers and Van Quickenborne: four liberals decided among themselves that Paul Van Tigchelt would become the new Minister of Justice, without checking whether the rest of the party followed suit. It is becoming increasingly clear that this was mainly a decision by Somers and Van Quickenborne, who are mainly thinking about their own future. “Not a choice against Gwendolyn, but for one’s own power.”

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