ANPThe royal couple speaks to the press after their working go to to the US
NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 02:50
Earlier than he visited Frenna within the US this week, King Willem-Alexander was unaware that the Dutch rapper was convicted in Suriname in 2017 for intercourse with an underage lady. He mentioned this within the remaining press interview on the finish of the royal couple’s four-day journey to the states of Georgia and New York.
Willem-Alexander and Máxima visited a famend music studio in Atlanta final Monday. There they talked about hip-hop tradition with Frenna and had their image taken with him.
The king and queen additionally took their locations behind the controls:
Royal couple on the controls of the turntable in hip-hop studio Atlanta
Frenna was arrested in Suriname in 2016 along with the artists KM and Priceless. That they had had intercourse with an underage lady a 12 months earlier and shared a video of it. Frenna was 24 years previous on the time. He and Priceless had been imprisoned for 2 and a half months. They had been convicted, however due to their lengthy pre-trial detention they not needed to go to jail.
Within the press interview, the king mentioned that he knew nothing concerning the conviction. “However that mentioned: everybody within the Netherlands who has been convicted and served their sentence deserves a second likelihood. That’s how our authorized system works,” mentioned Willem-Alexander.
“This conduct that he has proven shouldn’t be acceptable. We must always not settle for that both,” the king mentioned concerning the case. “However he has proven regret, he has served his sentence and he deserves a second likelihood.” Queen Máxima agreed. “He served his sentence, he realized from it,” she mentioned.
Loyal civil servants
The top of state was additionally requested in the course of the press interview concerning the swearing-in of the brand new cupboard. He’s trying ahead to that, mentioned the king.
He mentioned he’s conscious that the brand new authorities will carry adjustments. “The Netherlands has had the identical Prime Minister for fourteen years. I’ve labored with the identical Prime Minister for eleven years. After all it can change: a distinct individual, totally different folks. However there will even stay a variety of continuity. And continuity, that is what we’re too.” , mentioned the king.
He additionally responded to civil servants who could not like working underneath a brand new cupboard:
King about civil servants: ‘You’re free to search for one other job’
