research councilGerrit van der Burg, the highest boss at the Public Prosecution Service, thinks he can stay on. He says this News hour in response to the report of the Dutch Safety Board on the security of persons involved in the Marengo process. Crown witness lawyers Nabil B. called on Wednesday afternoon for the departure of those responsible within the OM.
According to Van der Burg, one must stoically continue to fight the ruthless criminal environment and the ruthless violence. “We are not in a period in which you say as the boss of an organization: ‘I’m quitting’.”
The OVV investigated the security around the brother of crown witness Nabil B., his lawyer Derk Wiersum and confidential advisor Peter R. de Vries. Hard conclusions have been drawn. “In a number of choices in the security situations studied, for example when sharing information, the importance of monitoring and security was given less weight than the interest of investigation,” said the OVV. “In a number of cases, it was not even possible to weigh up the interests.”
Was he still alive?
Peter Schouten and lawyer Onno de Jong – who together assist the key witness – said on Wednesday that they think De Vries would still have been alive if they had not ‘ended up in the atmosphere of quarrels and arguments with the Public Prosecution Service’.
According to Van der Burg, the motivation is to make strong improvements, he says News hour. He also thinks what Schouten says is rather ‘high on’. “Looking back after three years, in retrospect, it is very uncomfortable and difficult to appreciate what would have happened. So I don’t follow that relationship he makes.”
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