The brother of Tijs van den Brink makes himself heard now that the Oud-NPO star is suddenly in eleventh place of the CDA candidate list. “We don’t have intensive contact,” says this Gijsbert.
Theologian Gijsbert van den Brink responds in an article from New Revu Quite cool to the decision of his brother Tijs van den Brink to go into politics. “As brothers, we have a good relationship, but no intensive contact. We see each other on birthdays and regularly hear from each other through the family app,” says “the brother of”.
Political games
What does Gijsbert think that Tijs gives up his job as a TV presenter for eleventh place on the CDA candidate list? “He has been talking about his political ambitions for a long time. As a family we had something like: we just have to see if it ever happens. We think it’s nice to see that he is adding the deed to the word.”
The brother continues: “He now makes a leap whose outcome is uncertain, I think that is brave. His pitfall? He can’t stand games so well, and they are played a lot in politics. (…) I am aimed at the political games that often take place behind the scenes.”
CDA? No!’
According to his brother, Tijs has ‘a very strong sense of justice’. “As a result, he was even rejected at the police academy where he used to go. In politics, he could affect that if the situation asks to talk to someone to the mouth or to give up views where it really is not possible.”
Will Gijsbert vote for his brother? No. “Whether I vote CDA? Haha, the last time I did, but I always like to vote for the underdog. I still have to think about it, maybe it will be ChristenUnie. Whether that will cause problems in the family app? No, we still have four sisters and Tijs gives us complete freedom.”