parliamentary-elections

01 Sep 2023 at 05:15

The BoerBurgerBeweging will present the prime ministerial candidate for the upcoming parliamentary elections in Deventer on Friday. Party leader Caroline van der Plas had previously indicated that she does not see herself as a potential Prime Minister, because she does not see herself operating on the international stage.

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She wants to put forward someone who has at least “international experience”, she told De Telegraaf earlier. The candidate will also be second on the list of candidates, and will therefore become a Member of Parliament if the premiership passes the BBB.

A name that is circulating in the corridors is Mona Keijzer, former party prominent of the CDA. Keijzer broke with her party a few weeks ago, reportedly because she disagreed with a possible nomination of Hubert Bruls as party leader. But that turned out not to be the case, and sources therefore doubt Keijzer’s reason for leaving.

Another name mentioned is Aalt Dijkhuizen, former chairman of the board of Wageningen University. In 2021, Van der Plas suggested that Dijkhuizen should become Minister of Agriculture.

BBB would now not have to deliver a prime minister in polls

At the moment it does not look as if the BBB will actually be able to deliver a prime minister. In a poll by I&O Research, Van der Plas’ party gets 13 seats. The poll is led by Pieter Omtzigt’s new party (31 seats) and the PvdA-GroenLinks combination (28 seats). This is followed by the VVD with 22 virtual seats.

The BBB was the big winner in the recent Provincial Council elections. Then the party suddenly became the largest in all provinces.

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23 Aug 2023 at 10:36

Nilüfer Gündogan, former member of Volt and now an independent Member of Parliament, is not available for the upcoming elections. She does not think it is realistic to set up a new party in such a short time.

“With the fall of the cabinet, I knew that new elections would mean the end of my parliamentary membership,” Gundogan said in a statement on X, formerly Twitter. She calls it “simply impossible” to set up a new party in a few months. “This made the choice for me.”

The politician says she is looking for other ways to engage in the social and public debate. The conversations are ongoing, but she can’t share about her plans yet.

Gündogan started as a Member of Parliament for Volt, but was expelled from the group last year. The party did so because of reports of transgressive behaviour. The court ruled that this was unjustified, because action should have been taken first after the report was made. “A suspension without a proper explanation of why and without an explanation of the complaints is not acceptable,” the judge said at the time.

The judge allowed the Member of Parliament to return to Volt’s group, but did not. Therefore, the Court of Appeal overruled the trial court’s decision.

Gundogan claims to provide evidence of libel and slander

But that is not the end of the matter. “The constitutional judgment of the court this year does not detract from the libel and slander that have been used to induce me to give up my parliamentary seat,” Gündogan now writes.

The MP had already filed a report of defamation and slander, but the Public Prosecution Service (OM) did not open an investigation due to a lack of capacity.

“I will provide the legal evidence for this and continue to do so until my name is cleared,” the politician emphasizes. “I’m doing that for myself and also for anyone this could happen to and who might have less strength to fight.”

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