Suddenly it seems that Willems-Orde guardian Gijs Tuinman is not so brave in the cabinet – Joop – BNNVARA

Pieter Omtzigt and his NSC may have been elected because of their emotional demands for ‘good governance’, ‘transparency’ and ‘reliability’, but since the party was placed in an ultra-right cabinet by Omtzigt, they seem to have few of these promises. come true. Those who are aware of this now are Afghan defense personnel. After the former American president Trump ordered the withdrawal of the troops and the other international troops left behind, the Taliban is back in power. Afghans who have worked for Western armed forces are uncertain about their lives. Some of them managed to escape with great difficulty soon after the takeover. Some of them, about 4,500 people, found refuge in the Netherlands.

Last year, the House of Representatives, with the support of the NSC and VVD, passed a motion asking the government to also accommodate a small group that could not escape. This concerns up to 48 people who guarded the Dutch embassy in Kabul and about 145 security guards from the Dutch mission in Uruzgan between 2006 and 2010. That was also going to happen, but how -the cabinet suddenly closed on Friday. over out. After all, Wilder’s will is law and he wants 0 asylum seekers.

The workers are left behind and may fear for their lives. Gijs Tuinman, the veteran who was in Afghanistan, received the Order of William and who is now promoted to Secretary of State for Defense by BBB, was questioned about this at Buitenhof. Interviewer Twan Huys wanted to know how Tuinman sees that policy. After all, the motto of the Commando Troops Corps, of which Tuinman was a member, applies: we leave no one behind. The guards who protected Tuinman at the risk of his own life during his service are now left behind by him. How does he see that? Tuinman then quickly tries to find a cover for the conflict with the inhumane policy in a fog of words for which the KNMI would issue a code red.

Huys’ final conclusion is telling.

Correction: it was previously incorrectly stated that Tuinman is in the cabinet on behalf of the NSC