Vlaams Belang hekelt “Rail Pass-klucht”
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Nauwelijks enkele dagen nadat de federale regering aankondigde dat elke Belg een gratis Rail Pass (tienrittenkaart voor de trein) zou ontvangen, staat deze beslissing alweer ter discussie. Oppositiepartij Vlaams Belang heeft het over “een vaudeville die aantoont hoezeer de politieke partijen die deel uitmaken van de zogenaamde Superkern als los zand aan elkaar hangen, en amper weten in welke richting te wandelen”.
Het plan om elke Belg tien gratis treinritten te geven kreeg zaterdag goedkeuring tijdens het overleg van de zogenaamde Superkern, bestaande uit de federale regering en de tien partijen die de volmachten steunen. Het bleek om een idee van Groen te gaan, dat het plan met enthousiasme en fierheid verdedigde. Toch kwamen er al snel kritische vragen over het plan. Sophie Dutordoir, CEO van de NMBS, reageerde zelfs gepikeerd dat ze niet op voorhand was geconsulteerd.
Troosters (Vlaams Belang): “Rail Pass-plan niets anders dan groene profileringsdrang”
Volgens Kamerlid Frank Troosters (Vlaams Belang) gaat het “duidelijk over een sterk staaltje van profileringsdrang van Groen. Hun plan was totaal niet onderbouwd. Niet alleen werd geen overleg met de NMBS gepleegd, er was geen idee van aanpak of duidelijkheid over de financiële, logistieke en gezondheidsaspecten van het plan. Pure aankondigingspolitiek middels het teruggrijpen naar het aloude gratis-concept.”
De gebeurtenissen, volgens Troosters niets minder dan ‘grotesk amateurisme’, wijzen er volgens de partij verder op dat de superkern zeer verdeeld is en dat het systeem van de volmachten voorbij haar limieten zit. Het Vlaams Belang vraagt de regering-Wilmès dan ook om “snel klare wijn te schenken over deze klucht.”