Former BBB Staten Members Angela Kuiper and Wilfred Lauwen Join Lokaal Brabant Coalition Party: Regional Council Seat Distribution Update

“We have gone through the programs of the different parties and looked at which party suits us best. Local Brabant emerged as the best in this process,” Angela Kuiper writes in a press release.

With the arrival of Kuiper and Lauwen, the Lokaal Brabant group doubles from two to four sets. This means that the coalition will soon have 30 seats and that their majority in the Regional Council will become even wider.

Hubert Koevoets, chairman of the Lokaal Brabant party, is pleased with this. “It makes it much easier for us to be able to share the work among more people.” It leaves it open as to whether there was seat stealing. “Change is always an option. Ultimately, the choice is theirs. We are happy that we were able to turn it into a win-win situation. We have two strong members of Parliament, and they can continue to do their job well. “

‘Enough about small talk’
According to Wilfred Lauwen, the ‘bitter relations’ in the BBB group played a big role in the departure. “You just expect more from a party of this size,” he says in response to his conversion. For Lauwen and Kuiper it was also too often about farmers. “We were actually chosen for the second B, that citizen,” said Lauwen. “We’ve had enough small talk, now we really want to get down to business.”

When they arrived in Lokaal Brabant, the two also accept the partnership agreement. But they don’t have to change their mind. “Even when we were still with BBB, we already agreed with the consortium agreement.

Part of this is the much-debated deadline for sustainable changes. BBB wants that off the table, but surprisingly enough, Kuiper and Lauwen don’t. “There needs to be clarity, especially for young farmers. BBB is not going to provide that clarity.”

Angry at BBB
Lauwen is still not happy with what his old chairman of the group, John Frenken, did. The party independently broke the news of the split. “Although we had agreed to do that together,” Lauwen said humbly. “I’m not going to waste any more words on it, because you shouldn’t reward such activity. “

In response, the leader of the BBB, John Frenken, said that he is ‘reading with surprise the various arguments presented in support of the departure of former members of his party.

This is how the distribution of seats in the Regional Council now looks like

Consortium

• VVD: 9 seats
• Groen Links: 5 seats
• PvdA: 4 seats
• SP: 4 seats
• D66: 4 seats
• Local Brabant: 4 seats (+2)

the face

• BBB: 9 seats (-2)
• PVV: 4 seats
• CDA: 4 seats
• JA21: 2 sets
• Party for the Animals: 2 sets
• There were: 1 zetel
• Forum for Democracy: 1 seat
• 50 PLUS: 1 seat
• Christian Union-SGP: 1 seat