The Public Prosecution Service has reached a secret agreement with former Attorney General Marc van Nimwegen and Chief Public Prosecutor Marianne Bloos to stop all mutual legal proceedings that were ongoing. The two top prosecutors were dismissed by the Public Prosecution Service two years ago after the so-called Fokkens investigation committee concluded that they had lied for years about their mutual intimate relationship.
The committee was set up by the Public Prosecution Service in the spring of 2018 after publications in NRC about a secret relationship that Van Nimwegen maintained with Marianne Bloos, whom he had appointed in 2011 as chief public prosecutor of the functional public prosecutor’s office. A year later, the Fokkens Committee ruled that the leadership of the Public Prosecution Service “lacked ethical leadership”.
At the beginning of this year, the court in The Hague ruled that the two dismissed magistrates are entitled to compensation because procedural errors were made in the investigation into them. The court is of the opinion that the Fokkens Committee “acted unlawfully towards the plaintiff because of the way in which the report was drawn up”.
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According to the court, the committee should have given Van Nimwegen greater opportunity to respond to the findings. She argues that this was not done with the required care and was therefore unlawful. The committee had limited the rebuttal because Van Nimwegen refused to handle documents confidentially.
In response to the Hague judgment, the Board of Procurators General says that it has “entered into consultation” with Van Nimwegen and Bloos. “In these consultations, the parties have decided, among other things, to end all proceedings and to focus on the future.” Van Nimwegen also conducted proceedings against the three members of the Fokkens Committee. Those lawsuits will also be stopped.
The Public Prosecution Service does not want to say whether compensation has been paid to the dismissed prosecutors. Bloos says that it “does not want to answer any questions” about the matter. The former chief public prosecutor has been employed by law firm Houthoff since June. She assists in criminal and supervisory and enforcement cases and in internal and external investigations.
According to the office, Bloos focuses on “commercially and politically sensitive matters”. Bloos has also been appointed as an associate member of the Dutch Safety Board. Van Nimwegen could not be reached for comment.
The Public Prosecution Service has reached a secret agreement with former Attorney General Marc van Nimwegen and Chief Public Prosecutor Marianne Bloos to stop all mutual legal proceedings that were ongoing. The two top prosecutors were dismissed by the Public Prosecution Service two years ago after the so-called Fokkens investigation committee concluded that they had lied for years about their mutual intimate relationship.
The committee was set up by the Public Prosecution Service in the spring of 2018 after publications in NRC about a secret relationship that Van Nimwegen maintained with Marianne Bloos, whom he had appointed in 2011 as chief public prosecutor of the functional public prosecutor’s office. A year later, the Fokkens Committee ruled that the leadership of the Public Prosecution Service “lacked ethical leadership”.
At the beginning of this year, the court in The Hague ruled that the two dismissed magistrates are entitled to compensation because procedural errors were made in the investigation into them. The court is of the opinion that the Fokkens Committee “acted unlawfully towards the plaintiff because of the way in which the report was drawn up”.
Reply
According to the court, the committee should have given Van Nimwegen greater opportunity to respond to the findings. She argues that this was not done with the required care and was therefore unlawful. The committee had limited the rebuttal because Van Nimwegen refused to handle documents confidentially.
In response to the Hague judgment, the Board of Procurators General says that it has “entered into consultation” with Van Nimwegen and Bloos. “In these consultations, the parties have decided, among other things, to end all proceedings and to focus on the future.” Van Nimwegen also conducted proceedings against the three members of the Fokkens Committee. Those lawsuits will also be stopped.
The Public Prosecution Service does not want to say whether compensation has been paid to the dismissed prosecutors. Bloos says that it “does not want to answer any questions” about the matter. The former chief public prosecutor has been employed by law firm Houthoff since June. She assists in criminal and supervisory and enforcement cases and in internal and external investigations.
According to the office, Bloos focuses on “commercially and politically sensitive matters”. Bloos has also been appointed as an associate member of the Dutch Safety Board. Van Nimwegen could not be reached for comment.
The Public Prosecution Service has reached a secret agreement with former Attorney General Marc van Nimwegen and Chief Public Prosecutor Marianne Bloos to stop all mutual legal proceedings that were ongoing. The two top prosecutors were dismissed by the Public Prosecution Service two years ago after the so-called Fokkens investigation committee concluded that they had lied for years about their mutual intimate relationship.
The committee was set up by the Public Prosecution Service in the spring of 2018 after publications in NRC about a secret relationship that Van Nimwegen maintained with Marianne Bloos, whom he had appointed in 2011 as chief public prosecutor of the functional public prosecutor’s office. A year later, the Fokkens Committee ruled that the leadership of the Public Prosecution Service “lacked ethical leadership”.
At the beginning of this year, the court in The Hague ruled that the two dismissed magistrates are entitled to compensation because procedural errors were made in the investigation into them. The court is of the opinion that the Fokkens Committee “acted unlawfully towards the plaintiff because of the way in which the report was drawn up”.
Reply
According to the court, the committee should have given Van Nimwegen greater opportunity to respond to the findings. She argues that this was not done with the required care and was therefore unlawful. The committee had limited the rebuttal because Van Nimwegen refused to handle documents confidentially.
In response to the Hague judgment, the Board of Procurators General says that it has “entered into consultation” with Van Nimwegen and Bloos. “In these consultations, the parties have decided, among other things, to end all proceedings and to focus on the future.” Van Nimwegen also conducted proceedings against the three members of the Fokkens Committee. Those lawsuits will also be stopped.
The Public Prosecution Service does not want to say whether compensation has been paid to the dismissed prosecutors. Bloos says that it “does not want to answer any questions” about the matter. The former chief public prosecutor has been employed by law firm Houthoff since June. She assists in criminal and supervisory and enforcement cases and in internal and external investigations.
According to the office, Bloos focuses on “commercially and politically sensitive matters”. Bloos has also been appointed as an associate member of the Dutch Safety Board. Van Nimwegen could not be reached for comment.
The Public Prosecution Service has reached a secret agreement with former Attorney General Marc van Nimwegen and Chief Public Prosecutor Marianne Bloos to stop all mutual legal proceedings that were ongoing. The two top prosecutors were dismissed by the Public Prosecution Service two years ago after the so-called Fokkens investigation committee concluded that they had lied for years about their mutual intimate relationship.
The committee was set up by the Public Prosecution Service in the spring of 2018 after publications in NRC about a secret relationship that Van Nimwegen maintained with Marianne Bloos, whom he had appointed in 2011 as chief public prosecutor of the functional public prosecutor’s office. A year later, the Fokkens Committee ruled that the leadership of the Public Prosecution Service “lacked ethical leadership”.
At the beginning of this year, the court in The Hague ruled that the two dismissed magistrates are entitled to compensation because procedural errors were made in the investigation into them. The court is of the opinion that the Fokkens Committee “acted unlawfully towards the plaintiff because of the way in which the report was drawn up”.
Reply
According to the court, the committee should have given Van Nimwegen greater opportunity to respond to the findings. She argues that this was not done with the required care and was therefore unlawful. The committee had limited the rebuttal because Van Nimwegen refused to handle documents confidentially.
In response to the Hague judgment, the Board of Procurators General says that it has “entered into consultation” with Van Nimwegen and Bloos. “In these consultations, the parties have decided, among other things, to end all proceedings and to focus on the future.” Van Nimwegen also conducted proceedings against the three members of the Fokkens Committee. Those lawsuits will also be stopped.
The Public Prosecution Service does not want to say whether compensation has been paid to the dismissed prosecutors. Bloos says that it “does not want to answer any questions” about the matter. The former chief public prosecutor has been employed by law firm Houthoff since June. She assists in criminal and supervisory and enforcement cases and in internal and external investigations.
According to the office, Bloos focuses on “commercially and politically sensitive matters”. Bloos has also been appointed as an associate member of the Dutch Safety Board. Van Nimwegen could not be reached for comment.