Christian Democrats ponder election defeat
Tuesday 18 September 2012
The Christian Democrats have set up a special party commission to look into the CDA’s poor performance in last week’s general election.
The CDA, which regularly used to win over 40 seats, took just 13 in Wednesday’s vote, down eight on their June 2010 total.
At a meeting on Monday evening, party leaders outlined their ‘concerns and disappointment’ at the result but unanimously gave their support to Sybrand van Haersma Buma, who took over the leadership earlier this year.
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1. Geert Leers: This guy managed to do the biggest damage by taking an authoritative stance on almost everything. He should barely show himself in society let alone remain a politician.
By Neo | 18 September 2012 9:44 AM2. Their holier than thou stance on pretty much everything.
3.They are behind the crackdown on coffeeshops and the rise in street dealing.
They have abandoned their CHRISTIAN values and tried to be populist on seeing the trend followed by Wilders and gang. If they are true to their core values, even if they lost it wouldn't be so bad, but they have been abandoned by their supporters.
By AC | 18 September 2012 1:44 PMThey blew all their credibility when they got into bed with Wilders. It made them look like power-hungry whores. The VVD got away with it simply because the people who would vote Rutte are the types who are interested not in society but in their own pockets. The CDA committed moral suicide.
By Andy | 18 September 2012 7:51 PMOut-dated, unwanted?
By The visitor | 18 September 2012 9:43 PMHas to unite around and get back the self-confidence in the the unique character of being a party with Christian Democratic ideology.
By Hopeful | 21 September 2012 8:24 PM