Van Quickenborne said an investigation into the 45-year-old Tunisian man, who shot dead two Swedish soccer fans in Brussels on Monday night, revealed that a request by Tunisia to extradite him from Belgium in August 2022 had been neglected by Belgian justice authorities.
“This is an inexcusable error which has had dramatic effects,” Van Quickenborne told reporters. “I want to take full political responsibility for this,” he added, as he announced his resignation
A politician taking responsibility for failure? Rare
A politician taking responsibility for failure? Rare
Don’t give him too much credit. He’s a shitbag who was already under fire for previous scandals, for which he should have resigned. This just gave him the perfect opportunity for an “honorable” exit less than a year before the next elections, while at the same time covering the prime minister who is from the same political party.
Responsibility would mean making some kind of amends for the wrongdoings.
Resignation is just a temporary setback, a political do-over. He gets off without any consequences and can start over. He’ll be given a cushy post in exchange for being the fall guy and appeasing the public. He won’t be able to hold another high profile position too soon (hopefully ever) but other than that it’s all good for him.
It’s still more than what most do. When’s the last time a US politician did the same?
Al Franken
Although Franken had asked to be allowed to appear before the Senate Ethics Committee to give his side of the story, on December 6 Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told him he had to announce his resignation by five o’clock or he could be censured and stripped of committee assignments.
That was very much a forced resignation. It was effectively quit or be fired.
Im still mad about that. And what does Chuck Schumer have to say about Senator Menendez, huh? Nah, its okay that he accepted bribes and worked for foreign interests, at least he didnt take a dumb photo.
Laugh in French where being involved in some scandal is a pre requisite to become a ministry.
