In 1999 did the Centre Democrats Janmaat last part in the elections. In the provincial elections, they lost all their seats in that year. A few months later the CD tried again during the European elections, but that was a fiasco from. A year earlier, had been lost in the municipal elections all but one council seats.
All this meant that Janmaat his political career came to an abrupt end. He delivered the archives of the CD at the International Institute of Social History and retired. In juni 2002 he died. That was twenty years' Centre movement "to an end, a bad reputation and a filing cabinet with paper leaving for historians.
Until the elections of 2006. In two cities appear heirs Janmaat under the name “CD” compete for a seat.
Arnhem
In Arnhem, does the "Gelder CD" along led by former councilor Henny Selhorst (1951). Selhorst has a reputation as a local member of parliament. He already was in the Arnhem city council for the CD 1994 tot en met 1998. However, part of this period, he was imprisoned because of his activities as a drug dealer. In 1999 he managed again to get the newspaper when he bought in addicts supporting signatures for the CD with heroin and cocaine.
Meanwhile, the Selhorst again succeeded in bringing itself into disrepute. In the run up to the elections in Arnhem he also bought this time signatures supporting the homeless. The Arnhem mayor has now filed a report against this practice. That in the Gelderland CD comes to an empty shell, with barely framework or supporters, Also, consideration of the candidates and the list of supporters.
Candidates
Selhorst itself is obviously leading the list. His reason for participation is clear. In his last term he was largely absent and said no further word (In four years he spoke in the council seven words, six of which are in the installation of the Board). It was also present to difficult for Selhorst. In his term of office he was convicted twice for trade in hard drugs. He was punishing 6 en 18 months in jail. Asked about a statement to remain on the board nevertheless, He gave as his reason that he a net income of NLG 1.500,- yielded. In 1998 he was not re-elected. In 2002 he attempted the party name “Livable Arnhem”to take over.
An interesting detail is that Selhorst with the current election participation in the drive wheels of the Dutch People's Union with list leader Constant Kusters. Kusters here to lightning and gives regularly to the “drug dealer” Selhorst. Des te opmerkelijker, because Kusters 1994 Selhorst's first assistant fraction would be, but that fell through.
On the second place of the Gelderland CD is Tom Worm (1951) who also has a past in the old CD. He was Selhorst's faction assistant in the Arnhem municipal council in the 1990s and was until 1999 also for election. Worms also record is not empty, in 1986 he got a half years in prison for embezzling from three and a half tons (guilders) for fraud and embezzlement in an assistance foundation for foreign workers. While assisting Selhorst goes Worm re-offend. He ordered all kinds of devices via the phone bill of the group room at the town hall. The Municipality of Arnhem doing so in 1997 charges against him.
There are two other former CD'ers involved Selhorst election plans, but the majority is still unknown. According to the municipality of Arnhem, a large part of this comes from the bottom of society. They may be so paid for a scratch.
Amsterdam
Then in 1998 the CD was convicted of racist propaganda, Janmaat founded the "Conservative Democrats" in case the original CD in further legal problems would. Janmaat himself took a seat on the board, to possible prosecution difficult. Ultimately, this maneuver was nowhere required, since the CD was not further prosecuted.
However, the Conservative Democrats remained in place as an official association. In 2002 en 2003 find suddenly a number of administrative changes took place. Almost all board disappear, only the Haarlem former councilor Wim Elst Wood and his father John Gilles remain. In 2005 Jan Gilles leaves the board and makes way for the wife of Wim Elst Wood. Furthermore, Ruud Enthoven, former councilor from Amsterdam, board member.
In September Enthoven placing ads on the Internet, which he former members of the CD calls to contact to participate in the elections in Amsterdam.
The candidates
Much more than the Gelderland CD seems Amsterdam CD on a successor Janmaat lifted party. Among both the candidates and the handtekeningzetters are people who used to do more for the same old CD. In any case, thirteen of them were formerly involved in the Centre Democrats. And because there are not recruited among the homeless in Amsterdam, there is a much clearer picture of a kind of party structure.
The Amsterdam Ruud Enthoven (1949) So the leader. He was already a councilor for the CD in the period 1994-1998, but when made but little impression. Actually mainly negatively with harsh statements about illegal immigrants and immigrant statements about toddlers. In 1998 He tries again as leader, but will not be re-elected, like nearly all his colleagues CD in the country.
After this it is studiously silent about his political career. Which started in 1991 in CD, because in that year, Enthoven first candidate for the regional elections in North Holland. In 1992 and he was treasurer for the circuit in Amsterdam 1994 So he was elected to the Amsterdam city council. Enthoven is from the semi-criminal world coming. In the seventies he worked in the hospitality industry and then had half of his black employees employed. He also received several times a formal report on the discrimination of its customers. Later he was convicted of arms trafficking and 1994 he would still supplying weapons to taxi drivers, catering businesses and tobacconists. He was also a friend of the neo-Nazi Richard van der Plas, who was active in the criminal.
The number two in Amsterdam, the former Member of Parliament Wim Elst Wood (1963) Haarlem. He has been such 23 years active within the extreme right and before he 1987 became active in the CD, he was with the Centre Party (CP) concerned. Elst Wood was always in the nineties, one of the staunchest supporters of Janmaat. After another in CD'er 1997 dies, Elst Wood follows him for half a year in the next couple Janmaat in parliament. Want na 1997 follows the, for the CD, disastrous year 1998. Disappears Elst Wood both the Haarlem council and from the House. A year later, he also loses his seat in the North Holland Provincial Council. Luckily for him he gets for months in The Hague two years worth of such redundancy 250.000 gulden. He may be a nice new house purchase. In 2004 Elst Wood is active with the New Right of Michiel Smit. He tries a Haarlem department to set up and calls to follow former CD'ers his example. Elst Wood stands on behalf of NR candidate in Europe and take part in a demonstration and visit some meetings. Apparently the friendship somewhere cools, For the past year Elst Wood can no longer be seen in the New Right.
In third place in Amsterdam is Mr. Cor Vale (1946) Amsterdam South East and in eighth place Bram van Dijke (1962) Amstelveen. Both of the last decade were already four times more likely candidate for the CD. Adele is Lijstduwster Gilles (1965) Haarlem. She is the wife of Wim Elst Wood, but has also made a career 20 years at Centre Party and CD. Currently she is the official secretary of the Conservative Democrats.
As already mentioned, a number of handtekeningzetters now from the old CD. The most notable among them is surely Peter Hebing (1938). For convenience, we quote from an article in Kafka 1999 on the participation of the CD to the Provincial elections in North Holland wrote: “Hebing was in 1998 the Amsterdam candidates. In 1992 he sends a special letter tangled around. In it he demands the resignation of Beatrix, which according to him, every Dutch lose his nationality. This owes to the fact that Beatrix “what your foreign betrefd where they see their salvation by hisses matic them to leave the service members and by providing them with the best living conditions, and better jobs and put them in your authority so that they are now once again the shots that you have all your zelfbeschikingsrecht has forfeits! So loud Curse of Deuteronomy 12.” after which we still gassed on a pile Bible quotes. Hebing employs the title “HM. MR.” that means as much as him “Precision Legal Chief General Master in Law Supreme Majesty”.
But even after 1999 it is not done with the writings of Hebing. In 2001 he sends an insane letter to AFA. Beatrix also must resign again herein and the entire government be dissolved, the sentencing “Jan Maat” explained destroyed, and he himself crowned king. To illustrate, he puts his picture there with the caption “the king of Israel”.
Conclusie
While it never be ruled out that people with anti-foreigner sentiments on the name CD coming, chances still small that seats are removed. Especially in Arnhem is the publicity surrounding Selhorst again very negative because of the recruitment among homeless. Also take people with serious extreme right views are not seriously him. They will seek refuge earlier at the NCE. In Amsterdam, there is not such a radical alternative. Since the Conservative Democrats are the rightmost option. Yet there is certainly competition on the right in Amsterdam. The populist market boys Liveable Amsterdam '92 do it again, and even the Fortuynist flow this year with two factions represented in Amsterdam. Although Amsterdam is a great city with so a slightly lower threshold (there are, after all, to forgive more seats) is still very small chance that Enthoven a second term as councilor in Amsterdam can go play.
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