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Van Weel Disagrees with Court of Audit Criticism on Information, Chamber Demands Debate

NU.nl22 September · 17:111 day ago

Justice Minister David van Weel disputes the General Court of Audit's claim that he misled the House of Representatives regarding ten thousand unprocessed criminal reports. While Van Weel argues these were largely notifications rather than formal complaints due to insufficient leads, the audit office maintains only 10 percent were notifications and asserts he misled parliament. Consequently, coalition parties D66 and CDA, along with PRO, BBB, and JA21, support a debate initiated by the Markuszower Group to hold the minister accountable for the handling of serious crimes.

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