Nilüfer Gündogan has been officially expelled from Volt’s parliamentary group, reports party leader Laurens Dassen. The group voted on this in a meeting on Tuesday.
Gündogan, who grew up in Weert, was also allowed to vote, but was not physically present. According to her lawyer Geert-Jan Knoops, she sent a letter in which she voted against. Dassen confirms that. It did not matter for the outcome, because she was in the minority in the three-member group.
disbarred
The MPs voted on an amendment to the group rules that, according to the party, made it possible to remove her from the group. If she subsequently retains her parliamentary seat, as she seems to intend, she will also be expelled from the party. The board will make a decision on this on Monday.
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Right steps
Gündogan had already been expelled from the Volt faction after reports of transgressive behaviour. The party had to reconsider that decision from the judge in preliminary relief proceedings because it “has taken the wrong path too expeditiously”. The group and the board now hope to take the right steps. Gündogan doesn’t think so, according to a statement. “According to the judge, I should have been given unimpeded access to the group.”
It is not clear what she will do now.