Belgium’s parliament on Monday failed to pass a law banning the wearing of burqa and niqab in public as the coalition government collapsed with the resignation of the prime minister.
The center-right Flemish liberal party Open VLD quit the coalition, forcing Prime Minister Yves Leterme to resign and halting parliamentary debate over a bill banning the face and body cover and face veil traditionally worn by Muslim women.
Under the proposed law, violators of the burqa and niqab ban would be fined $17 to $28. Violators also face seven days of imprisonment.
Passage of the law would have made Belgium the first European country to ban the Islamic apparel.And you know the cause of the split? Because Open VLD speak Dutch while the rest of the coalition are francophones! So:
Belgian Premier Yves Leterme's government collapsed on Thursday after negotiations broke down to resolve a long-simmering dispute between Dutch and French-speaking politicians over a bilingual voting district.Yes, and it was yesterday when they reached the conclusion than they didn't agree on that point. La leche!! What stupid guys!!
Cross-posted from T&P.
3 comments:
Not good.
Hi.
Off course the time it happened couldn't be worse.
But if you look at the history of Belgium it has been nothing but war between The Flemish and French speaking part of the country .
Although i personally believe that most of it has been orchestrated by the politicians.
The population has other worries then the language spoken in the country.
Meanwhile the Belgium law covers already according to me the wearing of a Burqa. Since the law forbids wearing masks in public outside the official period for carnival.
I wonder why they don't enforce the law?
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