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Head of state raises question of banning the Dutch PNVD

The president asks citizens whether a party should be banned on the basis of its policies.

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By the Courant van Lazia editorial staff

Lazia, 31 August 2020 — President Emiel van der Huijsen has put to citizens the question of whether the Confederation should ban the Dutch party PNVD. Citing a petition to ban the party, whose policies he described as "absolutely disgusting and abominable in every way possible", he asked how people felt about "banning a political party on the sole basis of its policies".

Citing a petition against the party, whose policies he called “absolutely disgusting and abominable in every way possible”, the president asked citizens how they felt about banning a political party solely on the basis of its policies. The question was characteristic of the Confederation’s fondness for putting difficult matters to open public debate.

Edited for the relaunch of the Courant van Lazia.