This was announced in a note by the employee Simone Roos, for years the usual face of the president of the House of Representatives. According to the registrar “it is no longer possible as an employer to offer a safe working environment”.
Dangerous culture
The official summit says the investigation into former House Speaker Khadija Arib has been made political. As a result, protecting the safety of employees took a back seat. Among other things, they blame the House’s political leadership, including the current Speaker of the House Vera Bergkamp.
“We qualify the culture in the House of Representatives as often dangerous and therefore unhealthy,” wrote the five members of the management team in an email to the House staff.
According to political journalist Frits Wester, it has never happened before that the entire summit, the leaders of the House of Representatives say, resigns together out of dissatisfaction.
Furious Arib
Former House Speaker Arib resigned last month. The allegations that led to an investigation into his functioning as Speaker of the House and the related anonymous allegations were the reason for his departure. He indicates that he experienced these anonymous accusations as “stabs”.
Arib accused the House of Representatives executive committee of not having been informed in advance that the state attorney had been called to investigate her. The investigation was targeted because several parties believe the investigation should never have started.
They also criticize the way research is conducted.
“A very bad thing,” factory council chairman Michel Meerts thinks about the state of affairs surrounding the Arib investigation. He accuses the garrison of failing to defend officials. According to him, politics cannot continue “indefinitely” to insult officials. “The man was played, without officials being able to defend himself,” Meerts says. “Scandalous.”
According to him, the stretch went for many civil servants who work for the Chamber. He has no idea how to proceed. The works council will meet early next week to examine the situation that has arisen.
