Labour leader’s role in childcare subsidy scandal has members calling for resignation
4 years ago

Labour leader’s role in childcare subsidy scandal has members calling for resignation

NL Times  

Labour party leader Lodewijk Asscher’s apology for his role in the childcare subsidy scandal sent shockwaves through his party. Last week, a scathing report into the multi-year political scandal, which left some families in ruins, found that, among other things, the rule of law had been violated and that parents had been done “unprecedented injustice.” Asscher publicly apologized on Facebook for his role in the scandal on Sunday. In an internal group app of the PvdA, Parliamentarians and candidates in the upcoming General Election raise the question of whether Asscher can still credibly continue as party leader. “It is very difficult to explain what happened in the subsidy affair and the role Asscher played in it,” says one member.

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Asscher steps back as Labour leader in upcoming election
3 years, 11 months ago

Asscher steps back as Labour leader in upcoming election

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Lodewijk Asscher will not be the leader for the PvdA in the upcoming parliamentary election. A parliamentary committee of inquiry in December concluded that the Tax Authority breached the fundamentals of the rule of law and did "unprecedented injustice" to hundreds of parents when it wrongly labeled them fraudsters and ordered them to repay their childcare allowance.In some cases this …

Politicians praise Asscher's integrity in stepping down as Labour leader
3 years, 11 months ago

Politicians praise Asscher's integrity in stepping down as Labour leader

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"I had, have and keep a great deal of appreciation for his tremendous commitment to our country and our cooperation over the years," Prime Minster Mark Rutte said about Lodewijk Asscher after he announced that he was stepping down as leader of labor party PvdA. The Prime Minister said on Twitter that he spoke to Asscher about "his tough decision" …

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