Vlaams Belang wil VRT-vergoedingen voor politici schrappen
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Politici kunnen dezelfde vergoedingen krijgen voor hun optredens in recreationele programma’s op de VRT dan andere gasten. Dat blijkt uit informatie van Vlaams Parlementslid Kristof Slagmulder (Vlaams Belang) na een parlementaire vraag aan mediaminister Benjamin Dalle (CD&V). Het Vlaams Belang stelt zich echter vragen bij dit beleid en meent “dat er allicht nuttigere zaken zijn om Vlaams belastinggeld aan te spenderen. En dat in de week waarin duidelijk werd dat nog steeds 20.000 gezinnen op de wachtlijsten van de gehandicaptenzorg staan.”
Politici krijgen dezelfde vergoedingen als niet-politici in recreatieve programma’s van de VRT - dat wil zeggen uitzendingen die niet rond nieuws of duiding draaien. Enkel wanneer de politicus optreedt als politicus of expliciet afstand neemt van de vergoeding, wordt deze ingetrokken. Bovendien gaat de openbare omroep er vanuit dat de politicus die over eigen bijzonder vervoer of een forfaitaire reisvergoeding beschikt sowieso afziet van deze kostenvergoeding, al is het niet duidelijk of dit ook werkelijk gebeurt.
Chris Janssens (Vlaams Belang): “Schaf VRT-vergoedingen aan politici af, zij worden al ruimschoots vergoed”
“Deze nodeloze kosten zijn zout in de zeer open wonde die de coronacrisis heeft geslagen”, meent Vlaams Belang-fractievoorzitter Chris Janssens. “Op een moment dat gezinnen, ouderen, hulpbehoevenden enzoverder hun best moeten doen om de eindjes aaneen te knopen moeten we niet nodeloos vergoedingen aan politici schenken die sowieso al baat hebben bij hun optreden in de (recreatieve) media. Schaf dit gebruik af en maak duidelijke, ondubbelzinnige regels.”
Concreet willen Janssens en Slagmulder dat de optredens- en onkostenvergoeding voor alle politici wordt afgeschaft, ook als ze niet optreden als politicus. De partij redeneert hierbij dat politici al een mooi salaris krijgen, met bovendien een ruime onkostenvergoeding die net dient voor dit soort kosten. Hiernaast hebben parlementariërs ook nog eens recht op gratis bus- en treinabonnementen en in sommige gevallen zelfs op een chauffeur.