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| − | '''Ferdinand (Ferd) Grapperhaus''' is the Dutch Minister for Security and Justice, | + | '''Ferdinand (Ferd) Grapperhaus''' is the [[Dutch Minister for Security and Justice]], in the third cabinet of [[Mark Rutte]], starting in [[2017]]. Being called the "Viceroy of Amsterdam's financial district"<ref>https://www.quotenet.nl/nieuws/a207548/hoe-minister-ferdinand-grapperhaus-wordt-gelinkt-aan-een-nieuwe-bonnetjesaffaire-207548/</ref>, he was already known for cut-throat business-tactics, [[missing documents]] and "handling tough cases (or controversial cover-ups)" as lawyer. |
| + | He has overseen a continuation of Mark Rutte and the [[VVD]]'s politics over which his ministry governs; using the non-existent (or very poor) numbers on solving [[cybercrime]] and the Dutch [[illegal drug trade]] just as a scapegoat for more powers for the national [[police]] and the [[AIVD]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plLyjO0Qt7k</ref> Former Director-General of the AIVD [[Dick Schoof]] is Secretary-General at his ministry. <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Grapperhaus</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Early Career== | ||
| + | Grapperhaus is named after his father, Ferd, who served as State Secretary of Finance from 1967 to 1971<ref>https://www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/rutte-iii-krijgt-nu-snel-vorm-dekker-naar-veiligheid-uwv-baas-bruins-op-onderwijs~a4522287/</ref>. He obtained an LLM degree in constitutional law in [[1984]] and a PhD degree in labour law in [[1995]]. He was a columnist for the major newspaper Het Financieele Dagblad from [[2014]] to [[2017]]. | ||
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| + | ==Policy== | ||
| + | During his tenure, the name of his ministry was changed from "Ministry of Security and Justice" to "Ministry of Justice and Security", a move costing €2,000,000.<ref>https://nos.nl/l/2278648</ref> | ||
| + | He enacted a new law where the ''closed'' Dutch coffee-shops could apply for growing cannabis in July of [[2020]] and in [[2019]] he enacted a law allowing 19000 Dutch police agents non-lethal tasers. <ref>https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2019/09/justice-minister-backs-arming-police-with-tasers-but-urges-caution/</ref> | ||
| + | In [[2019]] the AIVD and MIVD respectively were reported to have "used their powers unlawfully" regarding hacking individuals, including lawyers and journalists on behalf of foreign requests. They also "lied several times about what they had done precisely". In December 2019 he advocated for a "backdoor for [[intelligence agencies]]" to be required by [[EU]]-law, after a meeting with [[William Barr]], receiving support from [[Interpol]] advocating for a start in chat-apps in current affairs program [[Nieuwsuur]].<ref>https://tweakers.net/nieuws/160786/minister-grapperhaus-pleit-bij-europese-unie-voor-achterdeur-in-encryptie.html</ref> | ||
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| + | Following a ban on [[Russian]] services in [[2018]] including [[Kaspersky]], Grapperhaus "forgot and could not answer" if Kaspersky was not in use any more at Dutch governmental infrastructure one year later.<ref>https://tweakers.net/nieuws/157696/minister-weet-niet-of-kaspersky-antivirus-is-uitgefaseerd-bij-rijksoverheid.html</ref> | ||
| + | He also opted against a ban on anonymous sim-cards for burner-phones which Dutch criminals use extensively for the [[illegal drug trade]]<ref>https://tweakers.net/nieuws/156242/minister-wil-geen-verbod-op-anonieme-prepaid-simkaarten-in-nederland.html</ref>, and against a law that would make it mandatory for suspects of child-porn to decrypt their hard drives.<ref>https://tweakers.net/nieuws/154790/minister-wil-geen-ontsleutelplicht-voor-verdachte-kinderporno.html</ref> | ||
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| + | Grapperhouse's department has used the atrocious numbers for stopping online-crime for mostly expanding the AIVD's powers. The solve-rate of those crimes was 6% in [[2018]].<ref>https://tweakers.net/nieuws/132203/oplossingspercentage-nederlandse-internetcriminaliteitszaken-is-zes-procent.html</ref> | ||
| + | During his tenure the Dutch have been called "champion wiretapping" by [[mainstream media]] with 12000 instances of specific wire-tapping of individuals in just his 3 first years, with the ministry blaming "[[extremists]]" and "jihadists".<ref>https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiv6PqKp4HsAhVCKuwKHUAaBDAQFjAFegQIBBAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nrc.nl%2Fnieuws%2F2016%2F04%2F12%2Fnederland-is-wereldkampioen-telefoontappen-1607691-a797557&usg=AOvVaw0uLgJZQvmWIp2pebUXk9k2</ref> | ||
==COVID-19== | ==COVID-19== | ||
| − | In August [[2020]], Grapperhaus caused a public controversy when news [[media]] reported about the lack of social distancing at his own wedding amid the [[COVID-19]] pandemic in the Netherlands. He agreed to pay a 390 euro fine, after being initially shielded from further political sanctions by president [[Mark Rutte]].<ref>https://www.politico.eu/article/dutch-justice-minister-apologizes-for-lack-of-social-distancing-at-his-wedding-coronavirus-ferd-grapperhaus/</ref><ref>https://nltimes.nl/2020/09/18/justice-min-fined-social-distancing-violation-wedding</ref> | + | [[image:7425e088-e85f-11ea-8ad8-0218eaf05005.jpg|left|380px|thumb|You'd be a loser if you would throw a party now - Grapperhaus 2020]] |
| + | In August [[2020]], similar to the scandal surrounding [[Dominic Cummings]], Grapperhaus caused a public controversy when news [[media]] reported about the lack of social distancing at his own wedding amid the [[COVID-19]] pandemic in the Netherlands. He agreed to pay a 390 euro fine, after being initially shielded from further political sanctions by president [[Mark Rutte]].<ref>https://www.politico.eu/article/dutch-justice-minister-apologizes-for-lack-of-social-distancing-at-his-wedding-coronavirus-ferd-grapperhaus/</ref><ref>https://nltimes.nl/2020/09/18/justice-min-fined-social-distancing-violation-wedding</ref> | ||
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| + | Grapperhaus supported the emergency COVID-19-law that enabled the National Police to break into student homes with copied keys for suspicion of breaking quarantine-rules and noise complaints, something normally not allowed in Dutch law<ref>https://www.geenstijl.nl/5153990/politie-020-houdt-razzia-in-studentenflat/</ref> and fined people with possible jail time up to 4 years for not wearing a mask in designated area's, something which was called "against the Dutch constitution as local county law cannot supersede the Dutch constitutional right on personal privacy" by several scholars.<ref>https://www.parool.nl/amsterdam/hoogleraar-mondkapjesplicht-is-onhoudbaar~b72d4717/</ref> | ||
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| + | Several Dutch prolific [[lawyers]] and [[politicians]] called it ''bullocks'' that Grapperhaus was not fined immediately when students get fined and receive criminal records for picnicking even when forming the same bubble in an [[university]] dorm, but Grapperhaus his ensemble was not fined at all after he ...took the blame, and went as far as saying he was stimulating public riots and discourse surround the [[COVID-19/Lockdown]] calling for his resignment.<ref>https://twitter.com/Jinek_RTL/status/1308866178086047746</ref> Grapperhaus kept defending the lockdown after his fine. | ||
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| + | {{SMWQ | ||
| + | |text=Don't go [[car]] tipping, like what happened in Boxtel, but load the cars of [[activists]] on a trailer and take them with you. We'll write down their plates and discover who they are instantly. | ||
| + | |subjects=Activist, protest, environment, government, Netherlands | ||
| + | |authors=Ferdinand Grapperhaus | ||
| + | |source_details=https://www.pigbusiness.nl/site/assets/files/0/02/33/844/antwoorden-kamervragen-over-het-bericht-de-aanwezigheid-van-de-minister-bij-alv.pdf | ||
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| + | |text=[[Activists]] are only there to break things and provocate. | ||
| + | |subjects=Activists, protest, environment, government, Netherlands | ||
| + | |authors=Ferdinand Grapperhaus | ||
| + | |source_details=https://www.pigbusiness.nl/site/assets/files/0/02/33/844/antwoorden-kamervragen-over-het-bericht-de-aanwezigheid-van-de-minister-bij-alv.pdf | ||
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| + | |text=[[Activists]] and [[extremists]] only provocate. I understand their emotion, but we need to make these individuals go away. Either behind bars, or else expel them from the country, or else fine them so many times that they'll only be able to be a paperboy. | ||
| + | |subjects=Activists, protest, environment, government, Netherlands | ||
| + | |authors=Ferdinand Grapperhaus | ||
| + | |source_details=https://www.pigbusiness.nl/site/assets/files/0/02/33/844/antwoorden-kamervragen-over-het-bericht-de-aanwezigheid-van-de-minister-bij-alv.pdf | ||
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Ferdinand (Ferd) Grapperhaus is the Dutch Minister for Security and Justice, in the third cabinet of Mark Rutte, starting in 2017. Being called the "Viceroy of Amsterdam's financial district"[1], he was already known for cut-throat business-tactics, missing documents and "handling tough cases (or controversial cover-ups)" as lawyer. He has overseen a continuation of Mark Rutte and the VVD's politics over which his ministry governs; using the non-existent (or very poor) numbers on solving cybercrime and the Dutch illegal drug trade just as a scapegoat for more powers for the national police and the AIVD.[2] Former Director-General of the AIVD Dick Schoof is Secretary-General at his ministry. [3]
Early Career
Grapperhaus is named after his father, Ferd, who served as State Secretary of Finance from 1967 to 1971[4]. He obtained an LLM degree in constitutional law in 1984 and a PhD degree in labour law in 1995. He was a columnist for the major newspaper Het Financieele Dagblad from 2014 to 2017.
Policy
During his tenure, the name of his ministry was changed from "Ministry of Security and Justice" to "Ministry of Justice and Security", a move costing €2,000,000.[5] He enacted a new law where the closed Dutch coffee-shops could apply for growing cannabis in July of 2020 and in 2019 he enacted a law allowing 19000 Dutch police agents non-lethal tasers. [6] In 2019 the AIVD and MIVD respectively were reported to have "used their powers unlawfully" regarding hacking individuals, including lawyers and journalists on behalf of foreign requests. They also "lied several times about what they had done precisely". In December 2019 he advocated for a "backdoor for intelligence agencies" to be required by EU-law, after a meeting with William Barr, receiving support from Interpol advocating for a start in chat-apps in current affairs program Nieuwsuur.[7]
Following a ban on Russian services in 2018 including Kaspersky, Grapperhaus "forgot and could not answer" if Kaspersky was not in use any more at Dutch governmental infrastructure one year later.[8] He also opted against a ban on anonymous sim-cards for burner-phones which Dutch criminals use extensively for the illegal drug trade[9], and against a law that would make it mandatory for suspects of child-porn to decrypt their hard drives.[10]
Grapperhouse's department has used the atrocious numbers for stopping online-crime for mostly expanding the AIVD's powers. The solve-rate of those crimes was 6% in 2018.[11] During his tenure the Dutch have been called "champion wiretapping" by mainstream media with 12000 instances of specific wire-tapping of individuals in just his 3 first years, with the ministry blaming "extremists" and "jihadists".[12]
COVID-19
In August 2020, similar to the scandal surrounding Dominic Cummings, Grapperhaus caused a public controversy when news media reported about the lack of social distancing at his own wedding amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands. He agreed to pay a 390 euro fine, after being initially shielded from further political sanctions by president Mark Rutte.[13][14]
Grapperhaus supported the emergency COVID-19-law that enabled the National Police to break into student homes with copied keys for suspicion of breaking quarantine-rules and noise complaints, something normally not allowed in Dutch law[15] and fined people with possible jail time up to 4 years for not wearing a mask in designated area's, something which was called "against the Dutch constitution as local county law cannot supersede the Dutch constitutional right on personal privacy" by several scholars.[16]
Several Dutch prolific lawyers and politicians called it bullocks that Grapperhaus was not fined immediately when students get fined and receive criminal records for picnicking even when forming the same bubble in an university dorm, but Grapperhaus his ensemble was not fined at all after he ...took the blame, and went as far as saying he was stimulating public riots and discourse surround the COVID-19/Lockdown calling for his resignment.[17] Grapperhaus kept defending the lockdown after his fine.
“Don't go car tipping, like what happened in Boxtel, but load the cars of activists on a trailer and take them with you. We'll write down their plates and discover who they are instantly.”
Ferdinand Grapperhaus [18]
“Activists are only there to break things and provocate.”
Ferdinand Grapperhaus [18]
“Activists and extremists only provocate. I understand their emotion, but we need to make these individuals go away. Either behind bars, or else expel them from the country, or else fine them so many times that they'll only be able to be a paperboy.”
Ferdinand Grapperhaus [18]
- ↑ https://www.quotenet.nl/nieuws/a207548/hoe-minister-ferdinand-grapperhaus-wordt-gelinkt-aan-een-nieuwe-bonnetjesaffaire-207548/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plLyjO0Qt7k
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Grapperhaus
- ↑ https://www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/rutte-iii-krijgt-nu-snel-vorm-dekker-naar-veiligheid-uwv-baas-bruins-op-onderwijs~a4522287/
- ↑ https://nos.nl/l/2278648
- ↑ https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2019/09/justice-minister-backs-arming-police-with-tasers-but-urges-caution/
- ↑ https://tweakers.net/nieuws/160786/minister-grapperhaus-pleit-bij-europese-unie-voor-achterdeur-in-encryptie.html
- ↑ https://tweakers.net/nieuws/157696/minister-weet-niet-of-kaspersky-antivirus-is-uitgefaseerd-bij-rijksoverheid.html
- ↑ https://tweakers.net/nieuws/156242/minister-wil-geen-verbod-op-anonieme-prepaid-simkaarten-in-nederland.html
- ↑ https://tweakers.net/nieuws/154790/minister-wil-geen-ontsleutelplicht-voor-verdachte-kinderporno.html
- ↑ https://tweakers.net/nieuws/132203/oplossingspercentage-nederlandse-internetcriminaliteitszaken-is-zes-procent.html
- ↑ https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiv6PqKp4HsAhVCKuwKHUAaBDAQFjAFegQIBBAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nrc.nl%2Fnieuws%2F2016%2F04%2F12%2Fnederland-is-wereldkampioen-telefoontappen-1607691-a797557&usg=AOvVaw0uLgJZQvmWIp2pebUXk9k2
- ↑ https://www.politico.eu/article/dutch-justice-minister-apologizes-for-lack-of-social-distancing-at-his-wedding-coronavirus-ferd-grapperhaus/
- ↑ https://nltimes.nl/2020/09/18/justice-min-fined-social-distancing-violation-wedding
- ↑ https://www.geenstijl.nl/5153990/politie-020-houdt-razzia-in-studentenflat/
- ↑ https://www.parool.nl/amsterdam/hoogleraar-mondkapjesplicht-is-onhoudbaar~b72d4717/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Jinek_RTL/status/1308866178086047746
- ↑ a b c https://www.pigbusiness.nl/site/assets/files/0/02/33/844/antwoorden-kamervragen-over-het-bericht-de-aanwezigheid-van-de-minister-bij-alv.pdf
