Sharon Gesthuizen will be party chairman of the Socialist Party (SP) . The SP Member of Parliament has itself Wednesday as a candidate to succeed outgoing president Jan Marijnissen, says a spokesman SP
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! Marijnissen announced in late May that he stops as chairman. Gesthuizen already decided in November that she would stand as a candidate, because it was time for a fresh breeze. “Not that it’s not going well. On the contrary. But I think there’s still much to achieve. “
Jan Marijnissen has been party president since 1988 and under his leadership the Socialist Party grew. Gesthuizen strives to make grow the SP. “You have to be great in order to possibly be able to join the ruling party,” she says.
Sharon Gesthuizen held in recent years in the House deals with asylum and immigration and economic affairs (innovation and post). If she becomes party chairman she quits her job as MP. “The SP is a big party. If you like president wants to go to all places and wants to be a link between the board and the department, it costs a lot of time. “
So far Gesthuizen is the only candidate who has reported for the presidency. Candidates can come forward until 12 August. SP members elect the new president during the party congress in November
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