SP member Leijten who exposed childcare benefits scandal leaves the Tweede Kamer after 17 years

SP member of parliament Renske Leijten is leaving the Tweede Kamer next week after seventeen years, according to her party. "Because without her involvement, the benefits scandal would not have surfaced the way it did, and many people would still be in the dark." Niet om het vragen, maar om mensen die in… https://t.co/0sZpztA0Vp — Pieter Omtzigt July 1, 2023 According to political reporter Roel Schreinemachers, Leijten "never made a secret of the fact that it frustrated her enormously that the government still often withholds information or only provides it after much insistence, and thus complicates parliament's control task. SP leader Lilian Marijnissen said she was "incredibly grateful" to Leijten for her years as a member of parliament.