Left wing parties oppose right-wing minority cabinet plan
Saturday 31 July 2010
Left-wing MPs have called on cabinet negotiator Ruud Lubbers to come parliament and explain why he deviated from his commission and sanctioned talks on forming a minority government.
Lubbers was charged by queen Beatrix with investigating 'realistic options' for forming a majority cabinet but has now cleared the way for a minority cabinet made up of the CDA and VVD.
Lubbers is planning to meet other party leaders on Monday but Labour, Socialist, GroenLinks and D66 Liberal MPs say they want parliament to be recalled from the summer break to discuss the issue.
Labour leader Job Cohen said Lubbers should not be looking at the options for a minority cabinet until all the options for a majority have been exhausted. Cohen earlier refused to join talks on a cabinet made up of the VVD, VDA and Labour because it would involve two parties which lost seats in the general election.
Socialist party leader Emile Roemer has suggested a cabinet made up of Labour, the CDA, SP and GroenLinks with Cohen as premier. That alliance would have 76 seats out of 150.
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Fundamentalist Muslims are easing their way into the Western Government. That is exactly what Muslims say is happening in America.
I'm a widow of an English man and I'm an American. We lived in the England for 8 years of our marriage. It was horrifying watching Muslims protesting and carrying signs that say, Exterminate the Jews/Israel, Kill all Infidels. Muslims believe that is the will of Allah-One World Under Islam. How do non Muslims feel about that and why aren't they protesting these death threats? Finally some in the UK are protesting their violence. It is time the world does the same. You all know what goes on in countries where Islam/Koran/Hadiths are the rules. How heartless our governments are for ignoring the these facts and claim Islam means Peace when in reality it means Violence.
By EmilyWatson | August 1, 2010 2:24 AM