Haaksbergen mayor resigns after accident with monster – NU.nl

“The confidence of the board is crucial for mayor, ” said the excited Gerritsen. He left immediately after his statement with bowed head the council.

All council groups advising the mayor on Wednesday on his position to consider. They advised him to keep the honor to themselves and to resign. Gerritsen himself was not going to the meeting.

“It was an honor to be mayor of Haaksbergen. I I had a beautiful and dynamic time here, but unfortunately there are also done terrible things. I wish the victims and survivors of the accident with the monster power and strength. I wear what happened in myself with it, ” Gerritsen said.

The council is terminated after the resignation of the mayor

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Fatal accident

The council meeting was about the report by the Dutch Safety Board (OVV) over the fatal accident while monster event in September 2014, killing three people killed and 28 were injured.

The six groups in Haaksbergen have Gerritsen include apathy, lack of self-reflection, lack of guilt and lack accused of involvement.

They take him really blame him at all criticism surrounding the granted Authorisation monster truck event respond only formally. They also found that Gerritsen much earlier from the bottom of his heart had to make excuses for what happened.

Sorry

Prior to the meeting Gerritsen made his excuses. The Safety Board has sharply criticized the careless way how to deal with event permits in Haaksbergen was handled.

“That criticism is harsh but justified. I acknowledge that, ” said the mayor afzwaaiende. However, he does not feel personally responsible.

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The Safety Board concluded that the permit should not have been issued for the event. Gerritsen, however, that a license can not prevent an accident. He wants, he said Wednesday, the administrative court to know whether the safety requirements in the permit were sufficient.

That Gerritsen the license issued has not seen itself, can not blame him, he says. Licensing is regulated in most municipalities by mandate. ” A director can not check every license, ” said Gerritsen

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By: Reuters