In the East Groningen municipality Pekela has a PVV candidate withdrew after his relationship with a motorcycle came out. But there is more to say about him.
This is the third part of a series of short articles about the local elections 2018.
In mid-February, the Telegraph with the revelation that the PVV candidate Jan Wekema (1962) from Oude-Pekela prospective member of the “outlaw motorcycle club” Black Sheep MC. He announced immediately steps as candidate. According to a survey of Gazet North the news leaked to the Telegraph by Michael Groeneveld (1988), which PVV MPs rejected the leader of a group in Delfzijl under the name there “5 12” participate in the elections. Michael Groeneveld himself was a candidate member of the Black Sheep and knows Jan Wekema via that route. Because in the group of people “5 12” resentment about the rejection by the PVV exists, they wanted to make the party black.
Now the Elections Act does not allow a candidate to withdraw even after the lists of candidates have been finalized. Even the death of a candidate does not allow withdrawal. So Jan Wekema is on 21 March just still a candidate for the PVV in Pekela. A message on his social media page, Five days after his withdrawal from the PVV, creates confusion. Jan Wekema writes “for each one in which PEKELA also want a poster of the PVV, send me an PBtje then goes all come good”. Despite his withdrawal, he is as usual active in the campaign.
A member of a criminal motorcycle can be perceived on a PVV candidate is extra noteworthy in Pekela, because the leader is working with the police. Arthur van Dooren (1970) this party leader and work with the police in Assen. A policeman and a prospective member of a, according to the police report Outlaw Bikers Netherlands, “outlaw motorcycle club”, together on a PVV candidate.
PVV candidate and neo-Nazi Camaraderie
Jan Wekema shows in recent years on the Internet also interested in another controversial group from the north. Eind 2015 He liket the neo-Nazi group Companionship North Netherlands (KNN) on his social media profile, which then already sufficed with his interests in the Hells Angels, engines, motorcycle clubs and the PVV. De Blood & Honor Division North Country turned into 2015 her name Camaraderie Northern Netherlands and was oriented more on the Hammer Skinheads. In oktober 2015 brings KNN tribute to all those who have attended an information session which organizes the comrades club. The KNN writes: “People have shown that their opinion does not stay behind the keyboard, but they are actually willing to form a unity. Together we are strong!”. Here Jan Wekema respond within half an hour by posting a picture of a group of wild bikers and text “Dutch Crusaders fight for your right”. It is unclear whether Wekema himself was present at this meeting. However, he does respond quickly and positively to a meeting of a neo-Nazi group in his region. This is a website where an average citizen will not arrive quickly, let alone will place a stimulating reaction. until the end 2016 Jan Wekema is already running ten times approvingly on the KNN page. also participated on whether Wekema a demonstration of KNN he does not respond.
Groningen PVV leader Ton van Kesteren (1954) says the Telegraph that he knows John Wekema a very long time. He reaches for him in the fire. After the revelations he stays with the proposition that John Wekema “a very good councilor” zal zijn. It is unclear whether Ton van Kesteren is also aware of the KNN connections Jan Wekema.
Former Warriors Legion and Sweden Democrats
Another PVV candidate in Pekela a fan of motorized transport is the senior accountant Rein Kuiper (1939). He is on place four of the PVV list and he was twenty years ago treasurer of the car lot Mobile Netherlands. Around the turn of the century he has involvement with the far-right pressure group Former Warriors Legion (OSL). He controls their finances and writes for the magazine Stavast. The subsequent decades he proves to be a true party hopper with parties like the LPF, Party for the Netherlands Hilbrand Nawijn and some lesser-known initiatives. In 2011 Rein Kuiper candidate for the Freedom Party for the province of Groningen. Altogether he runs so quite a long time around to the right of the political spectrum in Netherlands.
Finally we can see the young candidate Reinder Blaauw (1994) Groningen still call. He is originally from Old Pekela, but now studying in the provincial capital. In the municipality of Pekela he is on the sixth place of the PVV candidates. It's especially social media page that provides some perspective on his field of interest. He liket all kinds of clubs which especially the Sweden Democrats (Sweden Democrats) en het Alternative for Germany (AFD) are remarkable. The Swedish party has its roots in Swedish fascism and was in the eighties part of the white racist movement in Sweden. Gradually they have their ideology and expressions moderate and therefore had more electoral success. The AfD has recently been successful in elections. But ideologically the German party actually done the reverse with the Swedes. A eurosceptic conservative party is the AfD increasingly shifted to the extreme right. The party adopted in that process positions against refugees and Islam as priorities. Moderate forces leave the party and radical Figures are maintained. Party leader Geert Wilders had in recent years meetings with party leaders from both parties.
complement 22 maart 2018
PVV from zero to two seats
