Mourad Taimounti says his views will not change now that he has left Denk. This morning it was announced that he will switch to Nida, which will give the party a seat on the Amsterdam city council for the first time.
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Taimounti believes that the national board does not listen well to members. “Then it is very difficult to stay with a party that you do not support one hundred percent or you cannot commit to it one hundred percent, it is not party hopping. Parties change, but I just do not change. be a party where I can be myself and give one hundred percent. “
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Three seats
He entered the city council in 2018, after Denk took three seats in the municipal elections. In recent years, he has argued against the introduction of paid parking in Nieuw-West and for apologies from the municipality for the slavery past. At the end of 2019, Denk councilor Aysegül Kiliç out to him, in a letter she called him misogynistic and intimidating, although they both stayed in the party.
Still, according to him, that conflict was not the reason to leave. “No, certainly not, absolutely not. That is a thing of the past. Those were moments when things did not go well. We are different people. Conflicts can arise. I have worked very positively with colleague Aysegül Kiliç in recent months.”
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“I had a fantastic group in Amsterdam, I am very proud of it”
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He wants to emphasize that he still has a lot of appreciation for the Denk party and, for example, the volunteers who fly flyers on the street. “I had a fantastic group in Amsterdam, I am very proud of that.”
Taimounti is because of private-conditions on leave since February, Numan Yilmaz had taken over his role as DENK group chairman. He continues to do so and informs AT5 that he understands Taimounti’s decision. He also says that he will soon be working with him. Taimounti will return to the city council at the beginning of June, but then as group chairman of NIDA.
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