© Geert Van de Velde
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A cyst on the kidneys left Vooruit chairman Conner Rousseau in hospital for the second time on Saturday. An operation will follow in December; news that provoked a lot of hateful reactions.
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Conner Rousseau himself reported the message on Facebook, and thanked people in one go for “nice messages” and the support. Only there was also a lot of stuff between all those support messages. Sister Eloïs Rousseau clearly had a hard time with the “disgusting” reactions. “I am furious, sad but most of all disappointed. People are laughing because my brother has been admitted to the emergency room,” she wrote on Twitter. “I am not asking to vote for him. I just ask for respect.”
It is the second time in a few weeks that Rosseau had to be admitted. He has a cyst on the kidneys that he will soon have to operate on, says party spokesman Niels Pattyn. “Occasionally the chairman has acute pain. Due to too much work, little sleep and stress, it regularly crops up,” says Pattyn. “Then he has to lie on the baxter to get the pain under control.” Other politicians wished him a speedy recovery. “To all haters, go rinse your mouth”, wrote N-VA MP Theo Francken. (cka)
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