The Dutch justice minister resigned late Monday in an ongoing scandal over a deal worth millions of guilders (euros) struck by prosecutors with a famous drug trafficker fifteen years ago.
"There has been uncertainty over this matter for too long," Ivo Opstelten told journalists at a press conference in The Hague.
"I take full responsibility, so I have just submitted my resignation to the king."
Opstelten and secretary of state Fred Teeven submitted their resignations hours after the ministry said it had found evidence of the exact amount paid to trafficker Cees H at the time -- 4.7 million guilders (2.4 million euros).
10 March 2015
http://www.expatica.com/nl/news/cou...ns-over-deal-with-drug-trafficker_451905.html
This is TERRIFIC news! The man responsible (at least in part) for coffeeshop closures has resigned! I sure hope the next justice minister has some common sense and pragmatism. I'm very elated that IVO has resigned!
"There has been uncertainty over this matter for too long," Ivo Opstelten told journalists at a press conference in The Hague.
"I take full responsibility, so I have just submitted my resignation to the king."
Opstelten and secretary of state Fred Teeven submitted their resignations hours after the ministry said it had found evidence of the exact amount paid to trafficker Cees H at the time -- 4.7 million guilders (2.4 million euros).
10 March 2015
http://www.expatica.com/nl/news/cou...ns-over-deal-with-drug-trafficker_451905.html
This is TERRIFIC news! The man responsible (at least in part) for coffeeshop closures has resigned! I sure hope the next justice minister has some common sense and pragmatism. I'm very elated that IVO has resigned!
