N-VA Limburg today its lijsttrekkers for the elections of may 26, was officially presented. Steven Vandeput attracts the Flemish list, while Zuhal Demir leader for the Room. N-VA currently has both in the Room as in the Flemish parliament five seats. The presentation of the kopposities, however, was overshadowed by the departure of the Flemish parliament Grete Remen. Flemish parliament speaker and lijstduwer Jan Peumans showed at the press conference the amused .
Remen is on 26 may not on the N-VA lists. Last week, she seemed to still be certain of fourth place on the room list, but then came sharp criticism from his own ranks. Remen draws its own conclusions and announced the end of her political career, wrote The Importance of Limburg and The Standard today.
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The politician from Beringen scored both its first elections in 2014 as in October last year at the provincial level, but is internally controversial. They did not participate in the local elections due to disagreement within the local N-VA department. In addition, she did the past years, rulings that went against the party line. So she pleads for a tax on e-commerce, she drew a petition for basic income and resisted, they have spoken out against the shopping centre Uplace.
But “they are people from outside Limburg, which their veto have made because I have to dissident would, and many veer from the party line,” says Remen today in The Morning. “N-VA Limburg stood behind me, else I would never get a winnable place.”
“I am evil, yes,”
Jan Peumans, today the president of the Flemish parliament and itself lijstduwer for the Flemish elections, showed himself today at the press launch of the most important places clearly dissatisfied with the way things are going. First, he wanted not even at the table with the other lijsttrekkers and pushers sit. According to him, the party Remen on board can keep if they wanted it.
“I’m not hypocritical and pretend nothing happened,” he declared on TVL. “I’m hurt that Grete Remen is no longer on the list. If I had depended on, had that can be prevented. I’m hurt to. Strong candidates, you should always play out. When she first time came in 2014, she’s got 20.000 votes. It is the logic itself that this person finish? It is very unfortunate.”
“Not a single vote against,”
“The list has been approved at the provincial level, with no vote against and one abstention. We are convinced that we have the road up to the elections with success can make,” said Steven Vandeput, who are in chief minister of Defence gave up for the Hasselt burgemeesterssjerp.
Vandeput is leader for the Flemish parliament. On place two follows current federal member of parliament Karolien Grosemans from Herk-de-Stad. On place three and four are, respectively, the Flemish members of parliament Jos Lantmeeters from Genk, Jelle Engelbosch from Sint-Truiden. the
Miet Vandersteegen Maaseik, former provincieraadslid and deputy chief of cabinet of minister-president, Geert Bourgeois, gets the fifth place. That place is like the sixth place Marc Penxten, a strijdplaats for N-VA in Limburg. the
Lijstduwer is Jan Peumans. Party leader in the provincial council Katja Verheyen is a first successor. Hendrik Verbrugge, former deputy in the provincial council, is the second successor.
