Keijzer Critical of ‘Club of Men’ that Determined Corona Policy: ‘I Wondered: Will They Ever Come Into the Store?’
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Algemeen Dagblad
Former CDA State Secretary Mona Keijzer is still deeply bothered by how the cabinet failed to listen to her criticism during the coronavirus pandemic. According to Keijzer, ‘a small group of men’ called the shots, paying too little attention to the outside world.
“I knew this would be the end.” With those words, Mona Keijzer reflects on Wednesday on the interview with De Telegraaf that cost her her job in 2021. With a thick red binder on the table, the then State Secretary for Economic Affairs literally spills the beans about the dynamics within the Rutte III cabinet. Although that binder remains closed during some questions.
According to Mona Keijzer, the coronavirus access pass (CTB), which allowed people to go on outings, was "flawed on all sides." The former State Secretary for Economic Affairs said this during her questioning by the parliamentary committee on coronavirus inquiry.
She certainly saw the importance of combating the virus, of sufficient capacity in hospitals, and of protecting potential patients during the corona pandemic, says…
According to Mona Keijzer, the decisions during the corona crisis were made by a "small group of men". There was room for dissent within the cabinet, but according to the former State Secretary, nothing was done with it. Everything was aimed at preventing infections.
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