Filip Peeters feels « Paria in his own village » and withdraws from city council: « If your wife and your children are the victims, it will stop » (Boechout)

With this statement he refers to the battle that has raged between him and mayor Koen T’Sijen (Pro Boechout & Vremde) in recent years. “For years I have been a defense against tampering and intimidations of the mayor of Boechout. The Council of State, the Council for Permit Disputes, Audit Vlaanderen, they all investigated it, and the irregularities were proven black and white. In thick forensic audit reports, audit flanders is being used to be one of the one to friend, the friend is to be friend, the friendly interested in friend, the VriendjeTroatitu, the friend is to be friendly, the friendly stable, the VriendjeTroitje is to be friend, to friend, the friend, the Vliendjepolitiek, the Vriendjepolitiek, the VriendJ in -Pilititics is there, to friend, there, the Vriendjepolitiek, which is to be friendly, there, the Vlaanderjepolitiek, who is to be friendly, the lust of the Vriendjepolitiek. Is played with project developers, and political opponents are intimidated ”, the actor of the opposition party tells his story.

He thinks that too little was done with the research. « Everyone decides to look away: the coalition partners, the media, the governor, the minister. And what about the whistleblower? He is a pariah in his own village. He can be tashed and threatened. »

At a certain moment enough has been enough. The moment when the harassment and the randomness crawl under your skin just like the darkness in your head.

Filip Peeters

‘t Dorp

Peeters compares it with bullying: “What do you do if the bullying of the school is caught time and time again, but the Miss or the Master does not intervene and the management does not? Do you leave your child at that school? At a certain moment there is enough enough. The moment when the harassment and the randomer crawl under your skin. Passed. It is why I temporarily retrieve myself from the city council and why I now choose my family and my mental and physical health. ”

He hopes that his decision also triggers something: « I do this out of self -care, but it is also a cry for help to the higher government and the court. But the torch is still burning and is in very good hands with Patsy Sörensen and all those other right -wing committed people who continue to strive for and fight for justice. »

Mayor Koen T’Sijen against whom Filip Peeters and his party ‘t Dorp fought a hard fight does not want to respond to the reason for Peeters’ temporary farewell to politics.

The actor ended up in the city council in 2019 with the new citizen party ‘t Dorp. As a list pusher, he achieved 424 preference votes. In October he received 309 votes from the same place. Twice Peeters was the voice champion of ‘t Dorp, which stuck on three seats in 2024.

For this legislature, Filip Peeters was still present at the December installation meeting, but for the councils of January, February and March he had himself apologized.

From Monday, April 28, Ann Milbau will temporarily take over the seat of Filip Peeters in the city council.