رئيس الشرطة الهولندية يرفض القبض على المنتقبات ولو صدر قانون

أكد "برنارد فيلتن" - رئيس شرطة "أمستردام" بـ "هولندا"
- في تصريح له خلال لقاء تلفزيوني، أنه لن يقوم بالقبض على المنتقبات إذا
ما تم سنّ قانون يحظر ارتداء النقاب، مؤكدًا أن الشرطي يجب أن يتحلى
بالأخلاق دون أن يكون دائمًا أداة طيعة للحكومة التي تطالبه بفعل كل ما
تأمره به.



وقد أثارت تلك التصريحات انتقادات "هيرو برنكمان"
- رئيس الشرطة السابق وعضو حزب الحرية اليميني المتطرف - مؤكدًا أن
الحكومة تسن القوانين والشرطة يلزمها تطبيق تلك القوانين، مطالبًا وزير
الداخلية باتخاذ إجراءات صارمة ضد "فيلتن".



وتأتي هذه التوترات في ظل
مساعي حزب الحرية اليميني المتطرف لحظر الشعائر الإسلامية الظاهرة مثل
النقاب، كجزء من اتفاقية بين الحزب الديمقراطي النصراني والحزب المحافظ،
في إطار دعم حزب الحرية اليميني للأقلية الحاكمة في البرلمان.


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Police refuse to enforce burka ban





Amsterdam
police will not arrest women in burkas, even if a ban is introduced.
That's according to Police chief Bernhard Welten, who said on public
television that police officers have to use their common sense. "I do
not feel that I should always be an instrument of the government who
always does what is asked."



In
response, Freedom Party MP Hero Brinkman, a former policeman himself,
strongly criticised the chief, “The police should be subservient to the
authorities. The government and parliament make the laws. The police
enforce them. We would be a banana republic if it were the other way
around.”



He
called on the interior minister to take action against Mr Welten,
although he fell short of actually calling for his resignation. On
Twitter, the MP wrote, “Welten is leaving this year. Pity, would have
liked to see him sacked.”



On
public radio, Mr Brinkman said regional police chiefs had abused the
ability to use their own discretion for years, but he predicted this
would no longer happen under the current government. The Dutch police
force is due to be reorganised, with regional police corps merging into
a national force, thus having only one police commissioner in future.



The
controversial proposal to ban face-covering garments was stipulated as
part of the coalition agreement between the conservative VVD and the
Christian Democrats. The minority government is supported in parliament
by the anti-Islam Freedom Party.



It
is not the only government policy to have been questioned by police
chief Welten. According to independent civil service journal
Binnenlands Bestuur, he also said he saw little value in the
introduction of 500 "animal cops", which the cabinet has announced.
After his New Year's speech Mr Welten said, "I jokingly call them the
hamster police. These people will have to come from our current
capacity which is already under pressure."



In
mass circulation daily De Telegraaf, Freedom Party MP Dion Graus, who
is the party's spokesperson on animal rights, said it was "a deep
disgrace that a police chief should say such a thing."



But
Mr Welten doesn't stand alone. In the Binnenlands Bestuur report,
Amsterdam Mayor Eberhard van der Laan said Mr Welten had a point, “but
if the government decides there have to be animal cops then we have to
carry out the policy." The Mayor of Venlo also doubted the wisdom of
the decision, saying, "Sorry, but we have other priorities in Venlo".