12-11-14 12:00 – Source: Het Parool
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Mayor Eberhard van der Laan last year rightly authorization the Sinterklaas enter Amsterdam issued. According to the State Council, the mayor may not pass substantive judgment about such an event
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He may also refuse a license if there is a threat to public order.
With the ruling, the opponents of Zwarte Piet lost the case against the church today. The Council of State has not said whether an entry with black Black Peter is discriminatory. If anyone wants to get a judge, he or she to the civil court.
The Council of State leaned on the issue at the request of the municipality of Amsterdam, which appeal was against the decision of the Amsterdam court. That ruled earlier this year that Mayor Eberhard van der Laan had not taken sufficient account of the opponents of Zwarte Piet. In issuing the permit for entry
The court was of the objectors believe that Zwarte Piet negative stereotyping of the black man’s. The latter qualification was against the sore spot of the Piet Guild, an association of several hundred Black Petes in the country, which went against the verdict.
appeal “I’m not disappointed,” says Quinsy Gario . “The Council of State has not confirmed that Zwarte Piet is a negative stereotype, but it also denied. In that respect the ruling of the Amsterdam court remains unaffected. ” Gario also expressed satisfaction over the broad social debate that has ignited since he and other opponents of Zwarte Piet last year contested the issue of the license. “The issue is clearly on the agenda.”
Mayor Van der Laan responded satisfied the judgment. He showed through his spokesman that he be happy that the mayor does not have to act as moralist. “That leaves overlet I realize that a significant number Amsterdammers trouble with Zwarte Piet. Has Talks about how we can Piet less and less black servant to go through for me once again Sinterklaas is left for Spain
(By: Patrick Meershoek).
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