The Outgoing Cabinet Will Investigate Whether Women Can Be Allowed to Carry Pepper Spray As A Means of Self-Defense. This was Stated by Outgoing Justice Minister David Van Weel on Tuesday Duration the Weekly Question Hour in which the Murder of Seventeen-Year-Old Lisa was discussed.
Lisa was a killed with serious violence in Duivendrecht on the night of August 19 to 20. She was on her way home from Amsterdam to Abcoude. The Suspect, A 22-Year-old man, was Staying in An Asylum Seekers Center.
Duration the Debate, Members of Parliament Shared Their Outrage about Lisa’s Death. “Almost Every Week a Woman is Murdered, and this Summer Even Several Times A Week. These are the Terrible Low Points of A Bigger Problem,” Said Songül Mutluer (GroenLinks-Pvda).
She and Other Members of Parliament Believe that the Responsibility for this should should with one minister, who will also be the powers to intervene. Other Calls for Concrete Measures Were also Heard in the House of Representatives.
For Example, Derk Boswijk (CDA) Asked the Minister to Allow the Use of Pepper Spray for Women. This also Happens in Other European Countries, But It is Prohibited in The Netherlands. The MP Knows Women in His Environment who Carry the Repellent Despite The Ban. “Because there is no other way at the moment.”
‘Pepper Spray is not a solution to the problem’
Van Weel Pointed Out That Pepper Spray, in His Opinion, is not a solution to the problem. “But I can imagine that are women who would like to have at least something at their disposal to defend themelves as a last resort.” The Minister Will Investigate WHETER THIS BE MADE POSSIBLE “in A Simple, Quick Way.”
In 2016, The Then Cabinet was Still Against Lifting A Ban on Pepper Spray. PVV Leader Geert Wilders had proposed that at the time. His party has now included it in the party program again. It is not Yet Known WHETER OTHER PARTIES PVV and CDA See Merit in Such A Ban.
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