Appeal court will rule on coronavirus curfew
legality next week Corona
February
19, 2021
Protest leader Willem Engel (with patterned
shirt) outside the court. Photo: Jeroen Jumelet ANP
Appeal
court judges tasked with deciding if the Dutch government’s curfew is legal or
not will not announce their verdict until a week today. After hearing the
arguments of both sides, more time will be needed to reach a decision and ‘we
want to think about it calmly,’ the court said on Friday. It had been hoped
that a decision would be reached today. The decision means that the curfew will
remain in place at least until then, much to the irritation of campaign group
Viruswaarheid which called for the curfew to be ruled illegal in the first
place. Parallel to the legal case, the government is pushing emergency
legislation through parliament which will anchor the curfew in law. On
Thursday, the lower house of parliament gave its backing to the bill, and the
senate will vote later on Friday. The rush to pass legislation follows Tuesday’s
lower court ruling in which judges said that the curfew was illegal because it
was based on legislation designed to be evoked at times of national emergency,
such as a dyke breach. Ministers then launched an appeal, which resulted in
Tuesday night’s decision that the curfew remain in place until the appeal court
has had its say. Research by I&O published this week shows that four in
five of the Dutch think the curfew is justified.
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