Mayors of about thirty cities write to the cabinet in a cry for help that the corona policy must be fundamentally revised. They think the logic in the corona policy is missing. This policy places too much pressure on citizens and local government, write mayors Paul Depla of Breda and Femke Halsema of Amsterdam in an opinion piece in the Volkskrant. They also do this on behalf of their colleagues.
According to the authors, the ad hoc measures taken by the government put ‘too great strain on the stamina and trust’ in the administration. “It is in fact impossible, but also undesirable under the rule of law to forcefully convince citizens of the correctness of measures with repression. It not only exhausts the enforcement apparatus, but a repressive government comes up against its own citizens. On the face of it, the corona policy must not succumb further to the repressive temptation. Then the authority will crumble further.”
“We therefore urge the cabinet and parliament to fundamentally review the corona policy,” the signatories said.
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