Isa Kahraman from Rijssen: 'Now even more pressure on the government to settle the debt of honor tax affair'

Twente politician Isa Kahraman believes that his party NSC should exert even more pressure on the government so that victims of the benefits affair finally get their money. The Member of Parliament sounded the alarm after coming in on Friday morning The Twentsche Courant Tubantia read about the parents' desperation and the court's devastating verdict about the tax authorities. “It affects me deeply.”

Frank Timmers 06-09-24, 16:50 Last updated: 18:24

Tubantia reported on Friday that the tax authorities are ignoring court rulings to pay the victims of the benefits affair. The service increases the sum of penalty payments such as a purchase. More than 100 million euros in penalty payments have already been forfeited. This came to light during lawsuits by residents of Twente who again begged the judge for help.

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Rijssenaar Kahraman says he was shocked after reading the article. He found his party leader Pieter Omtzigt directly at his side. “I'm with you,” Omtzigt said. NSC is already exerting pressure to compensate benefit victims generously and quickly, but according to Kahraman, that pressure should now be “even more”. “Only with more political pressure can it work,” he says. He is going to discuss it with his group.

Solve it!

The benefits affair is not part of his portfolio and Kahraman does not want to get in the way of his colleague, but the case affects him in such a way that he cannot sit still. He found the comment by lawyer Narda Teke-Bozkurt, who assists the victims, striking and said: “When the tax authorities seized, my clients didn't get the time either.”

Kahraman: “We crushed these people and now would we take our time? This is a debt of honor that we need to pay off very quickly. As far as I'm concerned, link each victim to one person who solves it and it doesn't matter if it's a ton more or less.”