Police unions stages protest outside Flemish Liberal Party congress
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- 26 Oct 2022
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The leader of the Flemish liberals Egbert Lachaert described the protest on Saturday morning as “intimidating”. “Protest is oke, but this kind of intimidating action is undemocratic”, Mr Lachaert said.
At the start of this year the Federal Interior Minister Annelies Verlinden (Flemish Christian democrat) announced that police officers would be given a net pay increase of 60 euro/month. However, at the recent budget talks the Federal Government decided that the increase will be spread over 3 years.
Vincent Houssin of the liberal public sector union VSOA told VRT News that “In the first instance we are asking for some respect. Respect for the police that is what the government promised us when it took office. We also ask for respect for the rights we already had and for the agreement that was made, an agreement for which the Interior Minister had a mandate”. Read More...
