A Group of Members of Parliament Will Investigate Whether the House of Representatives Should Prosecute People for Leaking An Investigation Into Former Chair Khadija Arib. The Entire House of Representatives Approved The BBB’s Plan On Tuesday.
NRC Reported in September 2022 On the then-Confidential Decision to Launch An Investigation Into Arib’s Behavior. The former speaker of the house was not yet aware of this herself.
It is Still Unclear How the Investigation was Leaked. There has been a criminal investigation into Involved Civil Servants, But a Different Procedure Applies to Members of Parliament. It is up to the house of representatives itself to initiate Such a criminal investigation into (former) members of parliament.
In recent months, there has been a discussion about Whether the house should indeed take that step. It is a complicated and painful file for the house and the board of directors. But Still, “Every Stone Must Be Turned,” Was Heard During the Debates on the Matter.
Investigation Should also ‘Draw Lessons for the Future’
BBB Member of Parliament Marieke Wijen-NASS Propossed Duration a Debate Last Week to Appoint a Group of Members of Parliament to Investigate Whether That Step Is Necessary. There are many documents that need to be examined.
A Preparatory Group of Members of Parliament Must Go Through All Available Documents To Arrive At “A Public Report On The Entire Course Of Events, Facts and Circumstances Surrounding the Investigation Into Arib”.
In Addition to the Question of WHETER SUCH A Criminal Process Should BE Started, The Investigation Should also “Draw Lessons for the Future”.
SP, NSC and GL-PvdA had Already Signed the Plan. The other parties also voted in favor on Tuesday.
If it were up to the pvv, such a criminal process would be initiated immediately. PVV Member of Parliament Gidi Markuszower Canceled His Attendance at the Last Minute for the Debate on the Matter Last Week, to the Annoyance of the House, and Announced that het whuch an investigation.
What did the investigation into arib yield?
The Investigation Into Khadija Arib was launched following Anonymous Complaints about Transgressive Behavior Duration Her Chairmanship between 2016 and 2021. Arib Spoke of Anonymous Stab in the Back “.
In 2023, a Summary of the Investigation was published. Not all anonymous complaints have bone confirmed in it.
Arib also Doubted Whether the board of directors had the right to launch the investigation based on those anonymous complaints. The Judge Ruled in February That It was Allowed. Arib Has Appealed Against That Decision.