Social democrats lost 9 seats in Dutch Parliament because of Armenian Genocide

PanARMENIAN.Net - Social democrat party of the Netherlands (PvdA) is going to release an evaluation-report on June 1 by a commission on the lost elections. In September of 2006 FAON made Dutch politics aware about some candidates of Turkish origin, actively and openly denying the Armenian Genocide, the Federation of Armenian Organizations of the Netherlands (FAON) told the PanARMENIAN.Net journalist. When the PvdA-party together with all parties had recognized the Armenian Genocide in December 2004, sent one candidate away from the list as he was an active internet-denier of the genocide, many Turkish voters in the Netherlands reacted furiously saying they would not any more vote the party.



FAON reminds about Nabahat Albayrak from Sivas, with Dutch and Turkish nationality both, on second place on the list, then changed the view on the genocide in some way. "As you may remember she finally said "we call it genocide but in juridical way it is not"," FAON Press Secretary Inge Drost said. Even more people criticized this turning away for electoral reasons, which the party had done also on other items. The result after this was a loss of 9 seats. Since Nabahat Albayrak despite all this became secretary of State in the Coalition the PvdA-party despite their loss is now a member of together with Christian democrats and Rouvoets (genocide recognition motion) party ChristenUnie, the PvdA - party policy will probably more than ever be to protect her.