Socialist Party Member paid for tart action against Pim Fortuyn [?] The Hague, Saturday - The affair around the throwing of tarts [i.e. gateaux, cakes] at politician Pim Fortuyn, on 14 March last year in Nieuwspoort, is having political repercussions. The youths who fouled Fortuyn appear to have been paid by Hans van Heijningen, a supporter of the Socialist Party. Van Heijningen stood at number ten on the SP candidate list in the last elections. Because the party did not get enough votes (it gained 9 seats) he got a job in the parliamentary support team. When Fortuyn on 14 March last year presented his book "The ruins of eight years Purple" [a reference to the Lib-Lab ""Purple" coalition government] some people suddenly shouted "forward to zero seats" and "Don't give racism a chance !""and Fortuyn was rubbed in with tarts.
The SP member gave the controversial "subsidy" in his capacity as coordinator of the leftwing action association XminY in Amsterdam. XminY was also one of the financiers of the Association Environmental Ofensive, in which Volkert van der G., the murderer of Fortuyn, was operative. The "subsidy" for the activists, 450 euro, went to the so-called "give-away shop" in Hoenderloo. On 14 May, eight days after the killing of Fortuyn, an arrestation team invaded the property in Hoenderloo where the give-away shop is located. Two of the three tart throwers were arrested: Pauline van Tuyll van Serooskerken and Jelle Goezinnen. The latter had already been arrested earlier after he had throw a tart at Finance Minister Zalm. Van Heijningen affirms that he provided money for the XminY activists, according to him as "support for non-commercial initiatives in the area of production and consumption." Although now, more than one and a half years later, what really happened can no longer be established, the SP member denies that he knew at that time about the tart action against Fortuyn. According to Van Heijningen, the matter of the subsidy was neither here nor there, although he didn't reject the tart action: "The way in which tarts are used against famous people to relativise their reputation of being "famous and expert"", is not something I consider violent. I have difficulty with the way in which a bullet is shot through the story about the tart - the tarting of people does not automatically lead to violence." A sensational titbit is that Van Heijningen has on behalf of XminY also given a subsidy to a group of anarchists, who, under the name of ABC, are active on the Internet. On their website an appeal for support to Volkert van der G. is made. The Left-radicals declare themselves in solidarity and announce that the "struggle will continue". The tart throwers were fined 500 euro. (Translated from De Telegraaf, 23 August 2003, p1, 2) Realize I don't want to be a miser Confide wisely you'll be the wiser Young blood is the lovin' upriser How come everybody wanna keep it like the kaiser - Red Hot Chili Peppers In other news: - Philips corporation has said that it will close or sell off one third of its factories (50 factories) in the next few years, in order to concentrate on manufacturing products which can compete with rivals in the market. Philips owns about 150 factories. The production of simple products, such as lightbulbs, will be transferred to other manufacturers. CEO Kleisterlee said previously that Phillips was going to concentrate more on innovation than producing. In 1998, Philips corporation owned 270 factories. - The latest calculations of the Ministry of social affairs show that the extra government budget cuts will mean a lowering of low incomes by 0,2-0,5 percent while middle and higher incomes will lose 1 percent of their income. The middle and higher incomes could be cut further depending on whether the government goes ahead with raising health care costs.
