(Dutch News) The right-wing liberal party VVD and farmers’ party BBB have cut their ties with a convicted terrorist who became an academic and adviser on deradicalisation.
The VVD cancelled the membership of Soumaya Sahla after allegations surfaced that she had “pilfered” some €100,000 from party grandee Frits Bolkestein while he was acting as her mentor. Sahla has denied the claims.
Bolkestein’s nephew, Martin Bolkestein, said his uncle had paid for her to take a postgraduate degree in political science as well as paying the rent on her apartment and covering living costs. The former European commissioner was 88 years old at the time and seriously ill.
