coalition lost majority after GroenLinks left
Last Thursday, GroenLinks, together with CDA, represented a motive of distrust against alderman Marion Breij of the largest coalition party Lokaal Landsmeer. The alderman has been criticized in recent months for a advice for housing in an area where they own land and the possible repurchase of the old town hall of the village that a headache file became.
Motion of distrust
The motivation of distrust was supported by the entire opposition, the CDA and GroenLinks councilor Maartje Greunsven. The other GroenLinks council member, Ine van Brenk, together has the motivation not to support distrust and to continue as an independent party. Despite Van Brenk’s non-voting, the motivation of distrust was accepted and Alderman Breij had to heading off.
According to Breij, the problems surrounding her person were caused by officials who could not provide her with the maximum information. According to the local broadcaster Landsmeer, complaints were already received from both sides in November: the civil servants felt that they were in an unsafe working environment and the alderman the same.
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This Saturday there was also the news that GroenLinks is leaving the coalition, as CDA also previously deed. The coalition only consists of Positive Landsmeer and Local Landsmeer. They will be supported by Van Brenk, but will not have a majority.
There is also now uncertainty about the position of alderman Jacobien van Boeijen (GroenLinks), who is only over with alderman Erik Heinrich (no party) after Breij’s departure.
Axel Damme (group chairman Lokaal Landsmeer) and André La Fontaine (group chairman Positive Landsmeer) asked Van Boeijen by e-mail on Saturday to step down, because GroenLinks is no longer a consistent part of the coalition. There does not seem to be an answer from Van Boeijen herself, but her fellow party member and councilor Van Greunsven does: ‘Forget it.’
Damme further explains the e-mail from him and La Fontaine to Van Boeijen on Saturday evening: “There is no longer any greater influence in the council for what alderman Van Boeijen is still doing,” he says. “We want a new way of governing with openness and transparency, and this alderman is going back to the classic way of governing. Civil servants and the council have more to say in Landsmeer than the municipality.”
Damme also wants an investigation into sailing and sailing at Landsmeer town hall now that his alderman has to step down after internal problems. “We have civil servants here, they have been there for 20 years and they are the viceroys of our politics. And I would like to have researched that. Of course there are also people in the town hall who do their best, but there are a few bad apples among them.”
Due to the loss of the majority by the coalition and the uncertainty surrounding the position of alderman Van Boeijen, Landsmeer now seems to have become rudderless for the time being.
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