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Allowance parent is pleased that the committee listened carefully

One of the affected allowance parents is pleased that the committee that issued emergency advice on the recovery operation listened “carefully and carefully” to the victims. Paula Bouwer of the Foundation for the Recovery of Unprecedented Injustice does wonder whether the cabinet will adopt all the recommendations “or whether cherry picking will be done”. “And if it's taken over, when will it take effect?”

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January 23, 2025 16:30 Reading time 1 minute

Bouwer is also in a working group with entrepreneurs affected by the benefits affair. According to her, nothing has been arranged for this group yet. “The process is set up in such a way that the consequences for us are not reimbursed. We are now considering a Complex Damage Committee where damage can be arranged. We are very happy with this. This is custom work.” She says she hopes that “the 5000 affected entrepreneurs will finally come into the picture and extensive attention will be paid to the group of entrepreneurs who have often gone bankrupt, who saw their life's work lost”. At the same time, there is also disappointment. For example, Bouwer believes that the children's debts to the Department of Education Implementation were not sufficiently included in the proposal. “The kids want their lives back.”