After two weeks, his son, Prime Minister Alexander De Croo (Open Vld), is now also responding to the fuss at the French-language channel ‘RTL TVI’. “My father doesn’t need me to defend him. But there is a difference between the civil servants who received extras against the law and the former presidents of the House who received amounts that were approved by parliament,” emphasizes De Croo.
“It is clear that my father is deeply hurt when people say he has committed fraud,” says Alexander De Croo, but according to him “it is not fraud” because the pension bonuses always received approval from the Chamber. The prime minister does advocate reforming the system. “I’m in favor of that, but I think things like this are thrown around a bit lightly,” he concludes.
LOOK. When the scandal erupted, Herman De Croo immediately announced that he is prepared to repay the money if it was obtained illegally