Lodewijk Asscher will not be the leader for the PvdA in the upcoming parliamentary election. He will not be a candidate in the election, because he does not want the discussions about his role in the childcare allowance affair to stand in the PvdA’s way of a good election result, he said in a video posted on Facebook on Thursday. “I fervently hope that a stronger PvdA will be elected on 17 March because I think that is essential for a fair future. Because I think we should focus on a Netherlands after corona. But I note that the discussion about my role at the moment, doesn’t make it possible to ensure that,” Asscher said.
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