Responding in writing, in a text provided to the media by his cabinet to the Flemish Region, to the statements of the Minister of the Interior Pieter De Crem , this midday, concerning the knowledge of the Chovanec file by the cabinet of the one who was then Minister of the Interior, Jan Jambon, this one explains “not remembering the drama the footage of which was reported last week.“Further on, the one who is now Flemish Minister-President details:”a police report has been requested by the cabinet [le sien], where the facts were reported in a neutral way, without the horrible details that we could see in the images. On the basis of the report, there was no way to infer a problematic action by the police.“
Jan Ham “maintains“do not remember the drama. However, it appears”today that the file was handled by my office at the time. But the true proportions of the case have not been brought to the attention of my cabinet or myself.“
Explaining that he contacted former collaborators, Jan Jambon believes that no fault has been committed, either in his boss or that of his former members of his cabinet.
In conclusion, Jan Jambon “deeply regret that I do not remember these tragic events.“
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