During the plenary debate on the Brussels government declaration on Friday, the N-VA requested the establishment of a special committee on the evaluation and further strengthening of the regional approach to polarization, radicalization and terrorism. It must “just as the House will do, to shed light on our responsibilities, our police zones, our municipalities”, said Mathias Vanden Borre.
“It is the second time that Brussels has been hit by a terrorist Islamist attack under your government. The question is, were enough lessons learned in Brussels in 2016? In this parliament? The answer here is no, after the attacks in 2016 “We debated it for half a day. Afterwards it was business as usual,” Vanden Borre accused Brussels Prime Minister Rudi Vervoort.
That is why, for him, parliament must take its work seriously “because there are again many questions to ask and lessons to be learned”. The N-VA member advocated making a safe Brussels a priority. “What can we do now, by joining existing people, resources and forces? How can we better combat polarization, radicalization and terrorism?” he asked. “This is not about a so-called ‘lone wolf’. Such an act of terror is embedded in a network of banditry, arms trafficking and extremism.”
PS faction leader Ridaoune Chahid reacted sharply to the N-VA proposal. “It is you who disinvested in the police and the judiciary during the last legislature,” he said indignantly. This also applied to him for the MR, after faction leader David Leisterh accused the Brussels government of pursuing a failing security policy.
This article is originally published on bruzz.be
