The fact that Van der Steur said in response to the second inquiry of the commission Oosting to issue the receipts affair surrounding the Teeven deal.
He takes the conclusion of the committee on that in top officials of the ministry lacked “clear, unequivocal and strong direction.”
Van der Steur wrote in a letter to the House that in retrospect would have been better to pay more attention to the dysfunctional senior civil servants . The VVD minister reiterated that an already initiated improvement should improve relations at the ministry.
Although there is no question of a cover-up by the Ministry of Security and Justice, but the mess in the department is so big the researchers wonder whether the balance situation is not worse.
Ambtelijke top
The criticism Oosting has top officials has risen. There was no direction, no vigor, no communication and no coordination.
In particular, the highest official, Secretary-General Pieter Cloo (a VVD appointed by Ivo Opstelten (VVD) in 2012) get a slap. It is Cloo charged that he was aloof when dealing with the case.
The criticism Cloo does not stop there. Another top official, Coen Hoogendorn would own words Cloo have been informed of the presence of the transcripts. Cloo would then have done nothing with it. The Secretary-General states at the commission have here “no recollection” of. According Oosting likes the track to cover up there, but he says he’ll statement Hoogendoorn likely than Cloo.
Although Cloo not allowed to call for more Secretary General, he still works at the national government. Minister Van der Steur declined to comment on whether it is desirable.
Van der Steur does not come back unscathed. Earlier, there were already questions put to his involvement as a member of parliament in the drafting of the Letter of misinformation, now he gets a slap on the wrist because he was the IT department, who found the receipt in a debate as minister, unfairly blamed that the search for the statement took so long. That accusation was, according Oosting not in place.
Van der Steur said Wednesday that his intention was not to accuse the department but also from somewhere. Apologies towards the ICT he finds necessary.
Reopening research
The reason for the reopening of the investigation was the unveiling of the program Nieuwsuur January 2016. it stated that the search for the statement of account showing that justice a deal signed with criminal Cees H., from above was put stop in 2000. Teeven that time prosecutor.
Documents show that IT staff dedicated no longer to copy, to seek the so-called ‘receipt’. That would mean that an attempt was made from the official summit of the justice department to eliminate the affair under the carpet.
President Marten Oosting questioned in January still wondering if there was not a cover-up, but there is no evidence in his research found. However, the mess at the ministry is so great that researchers wonder whether the balance situation is not worse.
Retirement
The research follows the tortuous process for truth about a 2000 agreement reached between the then prosecutor Fred Teeven and drug criminal Cees H ..
the case in March 2015 led to the resignation of former Minister Opstelten, Minister Teeven and Chamber President Anouchka van Miltenburg.
Many opposition parties were shocked by the situation in the department. “The VVD at the top of this ministry not get the budget in order, their ministry in order and give officials blame their own failures. Six years VVD government has created an administrative chaos of this ministry”, said SP -Kamerlid Michiel van Nispen know earlier in the day
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