Former
Representative Oudkerk: ''This is the end of the PvdA.''
The
PvdA obligated MP's Kuzu and Őztürk to sign an affidavit making
them pledge allegiance to the party. Party leadership was not amused
that the two had criticized their own Minister.
''We have freedom of
speech in the Netherlands'', Őztürk replied. ''We sign nothing''. Consequently, the PvdA kicked them out. Being banned from Parliament,
however, is impossible.
The
two dissidents will return as individual representatives, free from
any party discipline and they are going to do what they wanted to all
along: answering burning questions coming from their constituency,
the people who voted them into office.
This
actually is a good thing. Moving one step away from the smothering
Polder Model of compromise politics, where issues must always be resolved
in the most civilized way. And one step closer to how a truly
democratic system was intended. Of the People, By the People and For
the People.
What didn't go down well in the Turkish community was the Anass Aouragh case. The government presented a picture in the media of a tormented boy that committed suicide. Facebook and Twitter are teeming with information that proves the exact opposite. The government decided to ignore all that and opt for the other route. Keeping it cozy (''gezellig'') in the Lowlands.
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