That’s manager Allard Berends Friday announced to NU.nl.
“It makes little sense to go to the police to report it,” he explained in the broadcast of Omroep Flevoland . “But we do want to oppose this regulation. This is something that can not, and what we never want to do with it. This we must once and for all eradicate the Netherlands.”
Berends says Friday morning to have a lot of support from colleagues got for his decision. “This is not a problem for Omroep Flevoland, but this affects the journalism of our country,” says the director.
The over-proportional
Journalists union NVJ considering legal to take steps to prevent the press as happened in the municipality of Noordoostpolder to occur in the future.
“This measure is disproportionate,” the union said in a statement. “After similar incidents in Harderwijk include Heesch and this is yet another case where the press will be denied access and its monitoring and verslagleggende task can not do.” The NVJ calls the emergency decree in Luttelgeest “an alarming and democracy unworthy horse means.”
Minister Ronald Plasterk (Interior) stated Friday that journalists “basically” free should be able to do their work. Only specific reasons, such as security or if the space is too small, can be a reason to exclude the press and not to let anyone inside.
Freely
Residents had freely during the briefing can speak, says Mayor Aucke van der Werff of Northeast (where Luttelgeest covered). Add to that press had been there, had people may feel inhibited in their expression.
” It noodbevel in the eyes of the media may be a drastic measure. On the one hand, I regret the use of this also, it should not be necessary. On the other side was our priority when contacting the local residents, ” said Van der Werff.
” It was important that they could express themselves in peace and freedom without the pressure of the media thereto. We have seen in recent weeks what effect that might have. ”
The mayor says that the regional broadcasting in Flevoland did not want to respect the private nature of the meeting. Van der Werff: ” The police have repeatedly asked journalists Thursday to stand at a distance from the location. Ultimately chose the instrument of a noodbevel to send them out of the ground. ”
Unicum
Jurisprudence Jan Brouwer of the University of Groningen (RUG) called the decision of the municipality Northeast “unique”. “I can only remember the case in 2001, when an emergency decree was to make it impossible for journalists to reach the house of then-prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Máxima.” This decision also when journalists got to the courts, they were vindicated.
According to Brouwer, a municipality or ward journalists at a closed meeting. “But you can not forbid them to stand at the exit and to request comments on the people who were present at”, explains the professor. “The question of asylum seekers is an interesting public debate that is frustrated when the press can not do its job.”.
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