Ronald Van Raak will NOT be returning to Parliament after next elections! SP Member of Parliament Ronald van Raak will not return to the Lower House after the elections next year. He writes that in his weekly column on TPO on Friday . The SP member walked across the Binnenhof for about 20 years. Started as an employee in 2000, he was a senator for his party from 2003 to 2006, before moving to the House of Representatives. At the beginning of this century, the socialist was also director of the scientific institute of the SP.

Among other things, the SP was one of the founders of the Whistleblowers Authority, was able to ensure that top incomes in the public sector were limited and the hiring of consultants was reduced and was strongly against corruption in Curaçao, Aruba and Sint Maarten. For many years he also devoted himself to researching the historic graves under the former Hofkapel at the Binnenhof, in particular the grave of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt . His work is not done yet: Van Raak will defend his bill for a binding corrective referendum this month .

Van Raak about his departure:

What an honor and what a privilege it is to be a Member of Parliament. But if you are in doubt, that’s a sign. Then the time has come to stop. ”

Ronald van Raak (SP) keert na verkiezingen niet terug in Tweede Kamer