Criticism of ‘hypocritical’ Halsema about corona demonstration | Inland

Halsema himself took a look at De Dam at the demonstration where many supporters of Black Lives Matter were present at the time

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Reference was made on Twitter to Halsema’s earlier statements about demonstrations. For example, a video appeared online in which the mayor indicated in talk show Op1, shortly after the demonstration against police violence in America in May last year, that ‘the right to demonstrate has been given’.

“You don’t even have to request that. You have to report it, but if you have not reported it, you can still demonstrate. ” An enraged Halsema – who came to take a look at De Dam at the demonstration where many supporters of Black Lives Matter were present at the time – dismissed comments on her performance as ‘childish’ at the time. Halsema has said more. That should also apply to the #Museumplein ”, a Twitterer responds to the video. Halsema says it here himself. You don’t even have to request a demonstration ”, says another.

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‘Priorities’

The right of demonstration sometimes weighs more heavily, according to Halsema, than rules laid down in emergency regulations to keep a minimum distance of one and a half meters during corona time. “That is certainly necessary at a time when the government is appropriating a lot of power,” she also said. “For a lot of people, demonstration is their last line of defense.”

And also, after the BLM demo against the Amsterdam city broadcaster AT5: “In principle, you just have to implement laws, but you can decide what to prioritize in enforcement and what not.”

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The riot police deploy the water cannon.

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The fact that the demonstration against corona measures was immediately suppressed on Saturday is clearly bad blood. Halsema is accused of hypocrisy and arbitrariness. The procession of demonstrators was soon forced into the city from Museumplein. It was shortly after a water cannon had hit the protesters a few times.

Emergency order

The municipality indicated that the emergency order that had been issued also applied to other locations. “A dynamic demonstration is prohibited. This means that people are not allowed to demonstrate in this place and in this form. Go home.”

On the Leidsekade, the group of many hundreds of people – even a thousand people were mentioned – was immediately enclosed from all sides. It was soon announced that the demonstrators on this quay were put on buses and spread over various parts of the city. They had nowhere to go.

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The riot police are opposed to the protesters.

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In the past, too, the mayor has been much more generous and understanding when it came to demonstrating by people who can only make their voices heard in this way – that last line of defense she talked about.

‘Removed from the PvdA’

In an interview with Vrij Nederland at the end of 1997, Halsema – then still affiliated with the PvdA – even said that he had said goodbye to that party after arresting five hundred people at the European top, shortly before.

“At that moment I felt so far removed from the PvdA,” she said in the interview. “A left party should have an affinity with people from the counter-movement and with people on the political fringes. It turned out to be absent. ” That is now being thrown at her by many. “You wouldn’t say it if you look around the #Museumplein today, but this is why Femke Halsema ended her PvdA membership in 1997,” someone tweeted, referring to that interview.

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