Van Quickenborne responds for the first time to a planned police union strike
“I particularly appreciate the work that the police are doing, not only in my file but also in many other files. But when it comes to these elements specifically, it is a matter for the police zone and for the chief of police. It is he who makes decisions. So I don’t do that as minister of justice,” it sounds.
Police unions are still negotiating. If there is no agreement by March 1, they will strike. That does not mean that Quickenborne no longer enjoys protection. Then agents are called in to guard his private home in Kortrijk and to accompany him during movements.