Demir and Verlinden in the conflict of money for ankle tires: « If she takes another time, we have a » big problem «  » « 

Due to a lack of space in the prisons, a few thousand convicted criminals are currently running freely. To do something about that, Flemish Minister for Justice Zuhal Demir (N-VA) already proposed two months ago to place those people under electronic supervision. To Federal Minister of Justice Annelies Verlinden (CD&V), she therefore offered 4,000 extra ankle bands – a Flemish competence. She did ask that Verlinden would pay the invoice of it, 18 million euros.

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But the latter will now be delayed, according to Demir on Saturday in an interview with The latest news. « I hear that Minister Verlinden is not very rushed to prefinancing electronic supervision and even questioning that financing, » says Demir. “If Verlinden now Talmt with prefinancing, then we have one Big Problem.  » Demir says he does not have a budget for this.

But according to Annelies Verlinden itself, everything has to do with the legal complexity. « That financing is fixed in a special law, which we can only change with a two -thirds majority in parliament, » she told VTM Nieuws on Sunday. In addition, she also gave a sneer back to Demir: « I am not in the habit of getting shots from the hip. I think it is important to look at the facts and face the urgency and complexity of the problem. » Verlinden pointed to Demir to her party colleague and Prime Minister Bart De Wever to clear the case with him. (PL)