That he said Wednesday at a press briefing in the building of the House.
“I feel no fraudster. [...] Integrity is yourself and for yourself,” he said.
Stonemasons, who left the House in 2013 because he would have rigged with information about his mortgage, take the seat across from the recently stepped VVD Mark Verheijen. Recently considered the prosecution proved that Houwers has committed fraud and he was sentenced to 4,000 euros fine.
With the punishment of the OM is the thing which concerns Houwers closed and he finds himself thus “qualified” as MP. He is committed to the voters who voted for him. Masons does not feel that he owes its headquarters to the VVD.
The party then made known that he is no longer welcome in the group. “For fraudsters, there is no place in the VVD,” said party leader Halbe Zijlstra
“The VVD is not about my integrity,” said Houwers
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Empty conference
Stonemasons, who continues as an independent group, was Wednesday in a nearly empty plenary meeting sworn in as a member of parliament. The ‘group Houwers “the House has now sixteen groups.
The VVD had previously announced that it would keep away when installing the former VVD. Only a few MPs congratulated Houwers after his installation
Video: Almost Empty Room at swearing Johan Houwers
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‘Incomprehensible’
Zijlstra will return “incomprehensible” and speaks of “pure robbery seat.” Deputy Prime Lodewijk Asscher calls the arrival of Houwers “bad for the reputation of politics.” After all, people have voted Houwers as VVD, says Asscher.
The Return of Houwers as an independent member of parliament means that the government of VVD and PvdA has only the smallest possible majority of 76 seats in the House .
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