The Hague - A majority in the Dutch lower house of parliament say they are not satisfied with the cabinet's answers in response to questions concerning former Labour party minister Evelien Herfkens. It was recently revealed that the Dutch government had been paying the rent on her New York apartment when she worked for the United Nations, something that is strictly against UN policy.On Friday, Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen and Development Minister Bert Koenders informed of the lower house, in a letter that Ms Herfkens has primary responsibility in the affair. The ministers also said the case was being investigated to see if she has to pay back almost 170,000 euros.
Two opposition parties, the VVD and the SP, as well as the Labour Party, a member of the government coalition, say the ministers have passed responsibility for the illegal payments on to Ms Herfkens. They say the foreign ministry is responsible as it made the payments.
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But, did they stop further payment?
She bailed out of the rental in NYC when she moved in with her partner (consultant with the World Bank) in Maryland in January 2006. To show how greedy she was she got the Dutch govt to pay for her moving expenses from NYC to MD.
Everything came to the surface and in the public eyes last yr when there was a conflict between her part-time contract as the Czar and her application for a green-card. If this didn't came out no one would have known about the double-dipping and everything would have been swept under a Turkish rug like so many cases.
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