Vlaamse kabinetten groeien terug onder Jambon
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In 2021 waren er terug meer medewerkers dan in de voorbije jaren aan de slag op de verschillende Vlaamse regeringskabinetten. Dat blijkt uit het antwoord van Vlaams minister van Bestuurszaken Bart Somers (Open Vld) op een parlementaire vraag van Vlaams Parlementslid Chris Janssens (Vlaams Belang). “De door de Vlaamse regering aangekondigde besparingen op het overheidspersoneel blijken niet te gelden voor de eigen kabinetten”, zegt Janssens.
Sinds 2009 bouwden de opeenvolgende Vlaamse regeringen de omvang van de kabinetten stelselmatig af. Deze trend is met de regering Jambon echter gekeerd. Na de verkiezingen in 2019 waren er 238,1 voltijdse medewerkers aan de slag, maar in 2020 liep dit op naar 265,9 en eind 2021 zelfs naar 266,95 voltijdse medewerkers. In totaal gaat het om 288 kabinetsmedewerkers met een totale loonkost van ongeveer 23 miljoen euro per jaar.
“De Vlaamse regering zou het goede voorbeeld moeten geven, maar denkt daar duidelijk anders over”
In 2019 kondigde de Vlaamse regering meteen na haar aantreden forse besparingen bij de Vlaamse overheidsdiensten aan. Alleen al bij de Vlaamse Dienst voor Arbeidsbemiddeling en Beroepsopleiding (VDAB) verdwenen er 419 jobs. Chris Janssens vindt het opvallend dat die besparingen niet werden doorgevoerd voor de kabinetten en hekelt de hypocrisie van minister van Bestuurszaken Bart Somers. “Als minister bevoegd voor het overheidspersoneel heeft hij een voorbeeldfunctie, maar hij weigert te besparen op zijn eigen kabinet”, aldus Janssens.
“Somers beschikt over niet minder dan 41 kabinetsmedewerkers”, zegt Janssens. “Dat zijn er zelfs zes meer dan minister-president Jan Jambon ter beschikking heeft!” Met 45 medewerkers is het kabinet van minister Hilde Crevits (CD&V) het grootst, terwijl ook minister Ben Weyts (N-VA) met 38 kabinetsmedewerkers over een erg grote ploeg beschikt.
In de federale regering was er deze legislatuur al een stijging van bijna 25% van de kredieten voor de werking van de kabinetten. “Blijkbaar wordt deze trend met N-VA aan het hoofd ook op Vlaams niveau verder gezet”, besluit Janssens. “Er moet dringend werk gemaakt worden van een afslanking van de kabinetten en een hervorming van het systeem.”