The message came on the eve of a CDA election congress tomorrow and Saturday. The election program would be established there, but chairman Ploum announced that the congress is now being postponed.
Last weekend, CDA members criticized De Jonge The Telegraph, some anonymous, others by name and surname. It is not clear to what extent this influenced De Jonge’s decision. The criticism was that he was in the news a lot, but rarely positive. In addition, the party is not doing well in the polls.
“We are heading for the ravine”, a high-ranking CDA member was quoted as saying. According to Member of Parliament Martijn van Helvert, it was “difficult”. A former chairman of the Overijssel division wondered whether De Jonge would keep up the election race.
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It is not certain that the second man in the leadership elections, Member of Parliament Pieter Omzigt, will now be the party leader. “The party chairman has announced that the party is considering this,” said political reporter Arjan Noorlander. News hour. There are reports that an appeal is again being made to Minister Hoekstra of Finance.
His name was frequently mentioned in the run-up to the party leader election, but Hoekstra left in June know not to be available. He did not participate in the election the following month.
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