Guusje ter Horst quits as VWS enhance for PVV ministers: ‘I can not do it’

For the previous yr and a half, Ter Horst has been the executive driver of the Do Limitless Participation program at VWS. On this scenario, her aim was to make society accessible to individuals with disabilities. And to make sure that the United Nations Conference on Incapacity is applied.

‘Untrustworthy’

msgstr “Administrative driving is a confidential place. You must believe within the minister, but additionally the opposite approach round.” And Ter Horst doesn’t need to work with PVV minister Fleur Agema and secretary of state Vicky Maeijer, as a result of they each signify a celebration with which she has “no relation”.

Among the many PVV positions that Ter Horst doesn’t like are: the ‘de-Islamization’ of the Netherlands, combating towards refugees and Nexit. “I can not think about sitting on the desk with somebody like that with out getting right into a heated argument inside 5 minutes. I could not be efficient in that position anymore.”

‘Be true to your self’

Ter Horst can’t defend himself from working with the PVV. “I all the time say: be true to your self“, however this can be a determination that everybody has to make for themselves, she believes. “I additionally perceive that not everybody can afford this.” Ter Horst says she is going to proceed to work for individuals with disabilities, even whether it is another way.