He said Wednesday during the debate on the second review of the commission Oosting to Teeven deal.
Van der Steur came into the debate under heavy fire over his involvement as a member of parliament. Previously made this week notes to draft letters to Opstelten became public and it became clear how great was his intervention.
“There comes anyway thunder of” and “why not remove it?” Van drew der Steur to include. Earlier, though he acknowledged that he must become more cautious towards his predecessor.
To the dismay of the opposition Wednesday also showed that Van der Steur as MP for inspection had been an investigation into the events surrounding the Teeven deal at the ministry. Partly based on that knowledge, he advised then Opstelten.
Freedom
Van der Steur said during the debate, moreover, that it is not that he has “co-written ‘to the letters of Opstelten he would have advised only. He always said to have felt the freedom to continue its monitoring role as MP to run.
“But the minister has his role taken sharply by failing to take all suggestions. It remains the responsibility of the minister to decide what he does with suggestions. ” According to him, this is proved by the fact that many of his notes have not been taken over by Opstelten.
Under fire
Van der Steur was nevertheless firmly under fire from the opposition over his involvement. “Van der Steur was paid as a member of parliament to monitor the government, not to write it,” said Gert-Jan Segers (Christian Union).
Also, the VVD and PvdA found that Van der Steur is too far gone. But, says VVD Foorthuis of East, all parliamentary parties consult with the Cabinet. “No one in this house is a saint.”
Van der Steur said already to have learned from the issue. He will now deal more carefully with matching letters to parliament with MPs involved.
Concept Letters
The Minister stated further that he can find no other concept letters about the Teeven deal where he served as Member of Parliament to co-wrote.
the other versions could only be discovered by a so-called ‘restore’ from the mailbox of the former political aide Opstelten. That recovery is performed, but did not return, the VVD minister wrote Wednesday in a letter to parliament.
However, he once again at the request of D66 MP Kees Verhoeven whether there is a backup his mails can be found in the House
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Role of Rutte
Prime Minister Mark Rutte Wednesday had yet to explain a lot. Opposition parties demanded more clarity on the role of the Prime Minister in the search for the ticket.
Rutte claimed in the first study yet that he was not involved in the rejection of an independent search for the statement at the Justice Department , but from the second investigation of the commission Oosting that consultation has been with his ministry.
Rutte said Wednesday in the debate that he has “no recollection” that he “there anything about it anyway.” The prime minister pointed the Chamber that he gets more of Ministers notices one day and estimated the Communication Opstelten that was not chosen an independent investigator rather than a politically sensitive case.
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