Last October 14th the Flemish MP Guy D'haeseleer (Vlaams Belang) and his local slate
"Forza Ninove" collected 40 percent of the votes in Ninove. However, he
was two seats short of an absolute majority and needed to seek
collaboration from other parties to install a local coalition. The rest of the Flemish parties have a long-time deal to never
include far-right politicians in any coalition, the so-called "cordon
sanitaire".
Political pundits were following the situation in Ninove, as they were curious how the issue would be solved. The Flemish nationalists of N-VA (New Flemish Alliance) had decided to sit on the opposition benches, which meant that all the other parties together would also fail to get a majority. N-VA politician Joost Arents is leaving the N-VA to help out a local slate S.A.M.E.N. and the Flemish liberals of Open VLD to get a majority. He told the VRT "I didn't want to leave Ninove in a political stalemate." It is said that Mr Arents took the decision against the will of his party's national cabinet and he has been thrown out of the party. The news means that Forza Ninove, who clearly won the elections, could be ousted after all. Yesterday a rally was held in Ninove to dennounce it under he slogan 'Sos Democracy'.
Guy D'haeseleer is angry: "This is a slap in the face of many Ninove residents, and of Flemish-minded voters in general", he wrote on his Facebook account. "This is a black day for democracy in general and for the city in particular." He also lashes out against Joost Arents, calling him "a hypocrite".
Political pundits were following the situation in Ninove, as they were curious how the issue would be solved. The Flemish nationalists of N-VA (New Flemish Alliance) had decided to sit on the opposition benches, which meant that all the other parties together would also fail to get a majority. N-VA politician Joost Arents is leaving the N-VA to help out a local slate S.A.M.E.N. and the Flemish liberals of Open VLD to get a majority. He told the VRT "I didn't want to leave Ninove in a political stalemate." It is said that Mr Arents took the decision against the will of his party's national cabinet and he has been thrown out of the party. The news means that Forza Ninove, who clearly won the elections, could be ousted after all. Yesterday a rally was held in Ninove to dennounce it under he slogan 'Sos Democracy'.
Guy D'haeseleer is angry: "This is a slap in the face of many Ninove residents, and of Flemish-minded voters in general", he wrote on his Facebook account. "This is a black day for democracy in general and for the city in particular." He also lashes out against Joost Arents, calling him "a hypocrite".
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