Christian Democrat chairman Henk Bleker has urged senior party members to stop going public with their criticism of the party’s prospective alliance with Geert Wilders’ anti-Islam PVV.

A string of elder statement have urged the CDA to pull out of talks on forming a new government with the PVV and the VVD Liberals.
‘Our former ministers and prime ministers can express their concerns but I am not happy with the way they are doing it,’ Bleker told a radio programme. ‘They are writing letters and looking for publicity while the party office door is wide open for debate and contact,’ Bleker said.
He called on CDA members to let the party return to order over the next few weeks. ‘Let us not damage our party any more,’ he said.
VVD
Meanwhile, elder VVD statesman Frans Weisglas has called on other party members to make their opposition to an alliance with the anti-Islam PVV known, news agency ANP reports on Monday.
Weisglas, a former chairman of the lower house of parliament, has always opposed a link up with Geert Wilders’ party. He says he is surprised by the lack of public opposition from other VVD members because he knows many think like he does.
‘On the basis of Liberal principles alone we should have nothing to do with a party which stigmatises groups of people,’ Weisglas said. ‘I urge VVD members to make their feelings known to [party leader Mark] Rutte. Let your criticism be heard.’