“Bpost Employees Seconded to Minister’s Cabinet Raise Questions About Conflicting Interests”

Two Bpost employees were seconded to her cabinet in the autumn of 2020 at the request of Minister De Sutter, the newspaper outlines. At the cabinet, they were responsible for the daily contacts and negotiations between the cabinet and Bpost. “They remained on Bpost’s payroll, which raises questions about whose interests they served,” points out De Tijd.

The minister confirmed to the newspaper that the employees, who have been working full-time for almost three years at the cabinet, are still being paid by the postal service. According to the information available to the newspaper, the employees would have remained on Bpost’s payroll even at the request of the De Sutter cabinet.