Beveiliging Koningshuis kostte in 2021 17 miljoen euro
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De specifieke kosten voor de beveiliging door de Federale Politie bij het Koninklijk Paleis, bedroegen in 2021 maar liefst 17 miljoen euro. “Een onbetamelijk hoog bedrag dat de belastingbetaler moet ophoesten voor de beveiliging van één van de rijkste families van het land”, zegt fractievoorzitter in de Kamer Barbara Pas (Vlaams Belang), die de cijfers opvroeg bij de bevoegde minister van Binnenlandse Zaken Annelies Verlinden (CD&V). “Laat het koningshuis zelf opdraaien voor hun private veiligheid.”
Met een totale kost van exact 16.972.135 euro kostte de beveiliging van het Koninklijk Paleis de belastingbetaler in 2021 weer handenvol geld. “Voor de uitvoering van de beschermings- en beveiligingsopdrachten in 2021 werden er in totaal 263.000 manuren gepresteerd, of ‘mensuren’, zoals Verlinden dat politiek correct in haar antwoord stelt”, aldus Pas. “Daarvan waren 159.000 uren voor de beveiliging van de leden van de Koninklijke familie binnen het koninklijk domein, en 104.000 uren voor beveiliging tijdens verplaatsingen.”
“263.000 manuren voor de beveiliging van het Koningshuis die dus niet gepresteerd worden voor meer blauw en meer veiligheid op straat, voor de bevolking”
“Dat betekent een gemiddelde van maar liefst 720 manuren per dag", zo berekende Pas, “ofwel tientallen agenten die niets anders doen dan dag na dag instaan voor de beveiliging van het Koningshuis.”
Het Vlaams Belang is dan ook van oordeel dat het Koningshuis met heel wat minder beveiliging verder kan, en dat de personeelsinzet van de Veiligheidsdienst bij het Koninklijk Paleis (VDKP) beter elders kan worden ingezet.