Dutch PM has escaped relatively unscathed from child benefit scandal.
Mark Rutte’s government on Friday resigned over a child benefits scandal in which thousands of parents were falsely accused of fraud, but the Dutch prime minister has escaped relatively untouched.
Rutte will run for a fourth term in a general election to be held in two months, and his center-right People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) is leading in the polls and projected to win 39 seats — six more than in the 2017 ballot.
“I believe that I can continue as a party leader, but it’s ultimately up to the voter,” Rutte said Friday, adding that he “had no direct involvement” in the benefits scandal, which lasted from 2013 to 2019.
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All they can do is resign?! How about a little restitution? How about arresting these A.Hts for fraud?
And they want to be re-elected? How about a good protest to keep this from happening?