PvdA MP Gijs van Dijk leaves the House of Representatives. The reason is that the PvdA has received several reports in recent days about ‘undesirable behavior in the private sphere’. He gives up his seat.
According to the PvdA, an independent external investigation will be conducted into the complaints. However, Van Dijk does not wait for that and resigns. ,,In my personal life I have not always been honest in the relational sphere. If this has hurt people, I would like to offer my sincere apologies. In order to give the required independent investigation space and not to get in the way of the party, I am withdrawing from my political position,” he said in a statement.
PvdA leader Lilianne Ploumen says she has been approached in recent days by women who have felt ‘unsafe’ because of ‘inappropriate behavior by Gijs van Dijk’. She spoke to them and then said that an investigation should be carried out. When she confronted Van Dijk with this, he decided to draw his conclusions from it.
Bruising
According to the NOS Van Dijk would have hugged and kissed several women against their will. One of them went to the police and lodged a complaint with the party. According to this woman, the MP pushed herself against her in such a way that she got bruises.
However, the complaint was declared unfounded after an external agency, which is said to be affiliated with the PvdA, had carried out an investigation. Frustrated, the woman then posted her story on Facebook, said that she deleted that post under pressure from the party lawyer, and was subsequently expelled as a PvdA member.
Van Dijk has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2017. Before that he worked for the FNV. In the Chamber he was involved in social affairs, among other things. He is succeeded by Songül Mutluer from Zaandam.
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