Her position was already shaky but Secretary Wilma Mansveld, Infrastructure and Environment, now finally stumbles over the fiasco with the Fyra.
Wilma Mansveld decided Wednesday to step down. Mansveld was to include blamed the House have incorrectly informed about the problems with the flash train.
"I have always strived to inform the House conscientiously," said Mansveld, which looked almost relieved about this in a statement. "I note that the committee finds that this is not going well. What I find also that that means I've done something good. "
After a damning report by the parliamentary commission of inquiry into the failure of the Fyra, drew Mansveld, as a political its conclusions. Also for the mistakes of the past, she took her responsibility.
"It is my democratic duty to be with my resignation to take responsibility for the mistakes of my predecessors. Conduct a debate on the future of the railways is not possible if it is dominated any of my stay on. "
Crisis Talk
Immediately after the report was published, there was talk of crisis consultations within the Labour Party. Party leader Diederik Samson and deputy prime minister Lodewijk Asscher went Mansveld to the table. She then held the honor to himself.
metronieuws.nl/by Rens Oving/ Wilma Mansveld. Photo: Reuters
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