Khadija Arib (PvdA) on Wednesday elected as the new chairman of the House of Representatives. The battle was between the MPs Khadija Arib (PvdA), Martin Bosma (PVV), Ton Elias (VVD) and Madeleine van Toorenburg (CDA). There was up to four times to vote for the final winner was announced.
At the first round no candidate received a majority of votes, so had to be re-voted. Arib won the first round. Also in the second and third rounds, there was no definitive winner. Only at the fourth ballot - of which only Arib and Elias could vote - became known who the new Chamber president is.
The special meeting began Wednesday at 14:00. The parliamentary parties could ask any questions to the four candidates. Each of them was given a certain talk time. After a half hour break, candidates were able to answer the questions, and argue why he or she would be the best candidate for the presidency.
'Fake parlement'
Arib had been a candidate for the second time for the presidency. In the previous president election lost Arib Anouchka van Miltenburg (VVD), who resigned for criticizing its functioning, especially in the aftermath of the Teeven deal. Liberal received include accusations of especially D66 because they did not intervene in the expression 'nepparlement. Such a term, according to Arib not in the Chamber ,, where everyone is elected, '' she said earlier this month in an interview in Buitenhof.
PVV'er Geert Wilders responded when via Twitter: ,, A Chamber president with dual nationality freedom of expression v wants to scupper? #nepkandidaat ''. Arib realizes that the PVV will not vote for her because she is Moroccan. But her family has been working ,, four generations tough '' in the Netherlands, according to Arib. It's sad when people are not judged on their abilities but on their descent, said the PvdA for her election.
Wilders is responding on Twitter: "What a NEPPARLEMENT! The best candidate - Martin Bosma - it is not and we end up with a Moroccan Chamber President. #nepparlement '
'Touched'
Her first reaction to the verkizing Wednesday night was short. ,, I am a little troubled, '' said Arib immediately after the receipt of the chairmanship of the House. Therefore they waived extended speech. She will be a Chamber president for everyone, she said, who will work with conviction ,, and will intervene when necessary. ''
She praised her fellow candidates. ,, It takes a lot of courage to stabbing out your neck and lumping. It brings a lot with it, also on publicity, even negative. '' Later in the evening they will give a press conference.
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