Wilders withdraws his draft anti-Islam, anti-dual
national laws
January 8,
2024
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2024/01/wilders-withdraws-his-draft-anti-islam-anti-dual-national-laws/
PVV leader
Geert Wilders has withdrawn three pieces of draft legislation he had submitted
to parliament well before the November general election in what commentators
say is an effort to show he will put controversial plans on ice, as promised.
All three
proposals were earlier slammed by the Raad van State, the government’s highest
advisory body which assesses all draft legislation, and which were seen as
obstacles to the formation of a right-wing government involving the PVV.
In
particular, Wilders has withdrawn draft legislation to ban “expressions of
Islam”, including a ban on the Koran and Islamic schools which had been
gathering dust for months because of a lack of parliamentary support.
Plans to
lock up “potential” jihadis in what Wilders called “administrative detention”,
and to to remove voting rights from dual nationals and stop dual nationals from
holding political office have also been put on ice.
Wilders had
earlier sounded off about having two dual nationals in the cabinet – justice
minister Dilan Yesilgöz (Dutch and Turkish) and defence minister Kajsa
Ollongren (Dutch and Swedish).
Wilders had
pledged to withdraw some of his more controversial plans to counteract
criticism from potential coalition partners, who say the draft legislation
conflicts with the constitution.
Talks on
forming a new cabinet between Wilders, Yesilgöz, Pieter Omtzigt (NSC) and
Caroline van der Plas (BBB) resume on Tuesday.
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