Harm Holman from Roden and Bart-Jan Heine from Beilen are on the list of candidates of the New Social Contract (NSC) for the House of Representatives elections in November.
Holman, the highest ranked Drenthe at 20th place, has a past with the CDA, for which he served in the Drenthe Parliament for twelve years. He was party leader for six years. He then took a seat on the Noordenveld municipal council on behalf of the Christian Democrats. He left in March last year.
Heine teaches public administration at the Thorbecke Academy of NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences and is listed 33rd. He was also a member of the CDA.
“He has always emphasized how important it is to commit to public affairs and strive for good governance with a focus on a social market economy,” the NSC writes about De Beilenaar.
During the Provincial Council elections last year, Heine was in charge of Alliantie, a new party that he believed fit into the political middle. “This party was set up by society, from all kinds of backgrounds. The members are concerned about the state of the country, current politics do not seem to be getting things in order,” he said at RTV Drenthe. Alliance did not get enough votes for a seat.
The most appealing names on the electoral list for the House of Representatives are NRC columnist Rosanne Hertzberger and Sandra Palmen. The latter wrote the now infamous Palmen memo, in which she warned about the benefits affair that had gotten completely out of hand. Palmen is in 5th place, Hertzberger in 17th.
Furthermore, former CDA MP and current spokesperson for party leader Pieter Omtzigt, Nicolien Vroonhoven, is in 2nd place. In 3rd place is Judith Uitermark, criminal judge in Haarlem, who has specialized in mediation between victims and perpetrators. Former ambassador Caspar Veldkamp is in 4th place. There are a total of 44 names on the electoral list.
NSC has about 25 seats in the polls. The party participates in all constituencies. Omtzigt previously said that he did not want his party to become too big too quickly. Participating in just a few constituencies could keep the number of votes for his party within limits.