Plasterk as a witness: to share confidential information not normal

I think that is a criminal offense, said Minister Ronald Plasterk (Interior) Monday as a witness in the court in Rotterdam. Reporter Lawrence Cook is present at the meeting. Follow the lawsuit through his tweets.

The court Plasterk questioned because he has expressed himself on April 5 statements from Rey did during a previous session.
Rey said that it was customary to share secret information with mayor appointments. He called that "sounding board." Plasterk tweeted in response: ,, Now have a lot of mayors and CDKs show be nominated. "Everyone does to soundboards 'is not true'.

Application Procedures
According to Plasterk he receives a proposal for nominations of mayor appointments. It is also a passage that there are incidents or irregularity. Including on the basis of the minister bases his view that it is not normal that from commissions confidence information is leaked to candidate mayors during application procedures.

Rey is in the process of accused include that he breached his duty of confidentiality as a member of the confidential advisory committee for the appointment of a new mayor of Roermond in 2012.

Independence
He would interview questions are passed on to and SMS traffic had with his favorite candidate, VVD party member and mayor of Meerssen, Ricardo Offermanns. It is not common for politicians and ministers will comment on ongoing criminal cases. In order not to obstruct the independence of judges.

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