Gom van Strien (PVV) from Geertruidenberg resigns his duties as scout with immediate effect. He said this in a statement on Monday morning.
“This weekend, articles appeared in the media about work in my past, in which my integrity is questioned. In my view, both the unrest that has arisen about this and the preparation of a response to it are not related to my current work as a scout,” he writes. .
First conversations are cancelled
On Monday morning, Van Strien would start with the first conversations as a scout. Those conversations are cancelled.
On Sunday, Van Strien announced that he would continue as a scout, although he was associated with fraud. NRC reported about this on Sunday. Van Strien denied the accusations in a statement that same day.
PVV senator Van Strien was put forward as a scout by PVV party leader Geert Wilders on Friday. With the exception of DENK faction leader Stephan van Baarle, all faction leaders agreed to his appointment.
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Chamber President Vera Bergkamp believes it is important ‘that a new scout is quickly appointed who can start working immediately’.
As soon as PVV party leader Geert Wilders has come up with a new nomination for a scout, Bergkamp will start discussions with the party leaders again, she said in a statement.
“It is annoying to start the exploration phase like this. At the same time, it is important that the exploration phase proceeds carefully and adequately,” Bergkamp writes.
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