Tom Ongena was elected the new Open Vld chairman yesterday with 59 percent of the votes. Only members who were physically present at the conference could cast their votes. In concrete terms, this involved 400 people who were allowed to decide, while the party has more than 40,000 members. Ongena can understand the criticism that came. “It was an exceptional procedure, I admit. But we have no lessons to learn from anyone,” said the VTM News.
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