In an interview with De Tijd, KU Leuven rector Luc Sels returns once again to the Reuzegom case and the criticism of the university’s attitude. “What would have happened if we had expelled those students from university? Then they would have enrolled at another university, where they would not have known who it was, and they would not have received any succession at all. ”
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The death of Sanda Dia is far from being consumed at KU Leuven, and certainly not at Rector Luc Sels. In an emotional interview, he defends his choices in the case. “The papers that those students had to write are often laughed at,” he says, “but that was part of a much longer recovery process, in which experts worked with the individuals and in groups for months on how to move away from traditions that are no longer of these. time. ”
Sels still believes he has not made an error of judgment. “If I look back at all the phases and steps that lie behind us, I can say with certainty – or at least with a sense of certainty – because the doubt is also running through my head, hear, don’t doubt it – say that we have taken the right steps. with the information we had then. And with the will in mind to keep the chances of real justice in criminal proceedings intact. ”
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