This makes the VVD Friday.
Verheijen this month came into disrepute, then TVNZ revealed that he would be unjustly in his time as a deputy in the province of Limburg thousands of euros have declared
Verheijen said Friday in a statement. “A member of parliament can function only if his or her integrity is not in dispute that unfortunately was with me the past few weeks is the case that was not good for.. my party, not for me and not for the appearance of politics. “
Prime Minister Mark Rutte, that the stories of the VVD MP rather bloated yet rated, called the decision of Verheijen” logical “and a “personal tragedy”.
Rutte remained Friday during his press conference at the beginning of the story of NRC “tendentious”, but admitted that he had better not publicly respond to. He also said that the integrity commission better earlier could be put to work
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‘Blown’
Verheijen recognized after the NRC publications that there had been a number of false declarations and He promised to pay it back.
Now, he says, “Of course I have thereby also made mistakes or errors committed, but the resulting image of the past few weeks, I do not recognize and touches me deeply.”
After the publications asked the MP internal integrity commission to investigate the different stories that appeared about him.
Given the conclusions Verheijen saw no choice but to resign. “With a heavy heart, but with the conviction that in this circumstance is the only right decision.”
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The report was published Friday. The committee finds that a number of declarations of Verheijen conflict with the assessment made under the party.
This may include the travel costs declared as a deputy in Limburg for its additional function as a member of the Supervisory Board of ProDemos . A declared dinner in June 2012 is also the committee “partially violate the reticence is due to the charging of expenditure”.
Additionally, the commission reported an event (Skûtsjesilen) which is “the appearance of inaccuracy present.” Verheijen was there Skûtsjesilen as networking, however, is indeed a provincial target
The commission says: “. Possibly this in a case like this is not so much outright violation of the relevant government regulations, but rather the appearance thereof. “
No further infringements
The committee further, apart from the claims that there is no violations or seriously culpable conduct by Verheijen.
Verheijen acknowledges against the integrity committee that it was better to make explicit agreements regarding the use of official for combined purposes.
“There are no rules about combining trips for different purposes. Therefore, the been better if I explicitly and written agreements made on that myself and the organization could watch them, “said Verheijen.
Leaning skating
The VVD committee proposes that political directors other aspects of culpability involved than in criminal law.
“Someone who does not or only lightly punished, may nevertheless ethically particularly cheaters away. Quantitatively perhaps minor issues, have integrity, respect, sometimes a big one – symbolic – meaning, “the commission
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