Forum for Democracy is participating for the first time in the municipal elections, including in Land van Cuijk and Maashorst. Party leader Janco Bethlehem of the local branch in Maashorst is full of excitement. “The interests are enormous for the residents.”
It is striking that the party does participate, but is against a merger of the municipalities of Uden and Landerd, just as the local branch in the van Land van Cuijk is against a merger in that new municipality. “What you’re missing is a referendum, a citizens’ consultation. If politicians had consulted the citizens, I think a large part of the voters would have spoken negatively.
FvD in Maashorst wants a referendum after the elections. “We are going to ask what citizens really want. If they speak out against the merger, we will take it back to the House after all. Then there will have to be a reconsideration.”
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