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Dutch party wants to ban Turks from Cabinet
17.02.2007 14:59 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Dutch anti-immigration Party for
Freedom (PVV) on Thursday called for politicians with
dual nationality, including Nebahat Albayrak who also
has Turkish citizenship, to be banned from being
members of Parliament or the Cabinet, reports the
Turkish Daily news. Politicians holding dual
nationality might serve foreign interests instead of
Dutch interests, PVV deputy Sietse Fritsma said in a
proposed amendment to existing laws on citizenship,
published on the party’s Web site. `When, for example,
the Armenian Genocide is being discussed, we suddenly
see some [politicians with double nationality] talking
with two hats or shamelessly defending the Turkish
point of view,’ he wrote. `It is unacceptable that
serving foreign interests is possible by [Dutch]
Cabinet members,’ added he. Two politicians set to
join the Cabinet, Nebahat Albayrak and Ahmed
Aboutaleb, have Turkish and Moroccan passports
respectively in addition to their Dutch passports,
according to Dutch daily NRC Handelsblad. Albayrak is
a member of parliament, while Aboutaleb is an
Amsterdam city councilor.