Fast Forward. Thursday April 23th 2015.
The City Council Selection Committee announces the new mayor. Ceremony begins at 8:30 p.m. The L1 anchor opens with a surprise: ”there is a delay, a ‘quarrel’ has arisen at City Hall”.
”Around 9 p.m.”, as Annemarie Penn testifies in this Elsevier article, ”I got the phone call from the Committee Chairwoman, ‘may I congratulate you’ ”. As if it were some kind of Oscar Night where the contestants are waiting for the magic moment; and the winner is…
The media introduced Penn as a candidate two days before the announcement. Top favourite Roger Van Boxtel miraculously ended up in the bin. He likely wasn’t qualified for the job at hand: defending the heritage of St. Servatius, a job Penn had done so well in the past.
Interior Minister Plasterk – in the picture below partying with the Maastricht Templars – didn’t ask any questions, installed her into office July 1st 2015.






















