Sunday “day of rest”; even for leaders of a country?
In Holland we have the same problems as a lot other other countries…. We also have to problems with the banks who where not able to count their money in a correct way and they need help from our Government.
Our Minister of Finance, Mr.Bos, have been calling his colleagues of the Christian parties to discuss some matters about this last Sunday…..
Now those Christian parties, ChristenUnie and SGP, are complaining about this call “Monday at 6 o’clock I would have been available also…â€â€¦.
Mmmmmh; okay – these political parties are already not my biggest friends….. but complaining about your “day of rest’…. uh…..
What the…??
If you want to be members of a parliament; you have to remember one thing… = you are working for your people…. and “your people†in this case; is the people of Holland…. Not the people of your local Church !!
Did the Crusaders take the day off while fighting..??
Do you stop your Church bells on Sunday to give the Jews, Muslims, Atheist, etc their Sunday Rest..??
Are you also not calling your Jewish and Muslim colleagues on Friday…??
No….??
So – you took a 24 hour – 7 days per week – 52 weeks per year etc job….
And remember; there is and should never be a connection between religion and government…. also NOT on Sunday.
Stop complaining !!!
Source; Telegraaf.nl (Dutch)
I see your point, and I agree with the following:
“If you want to be members of a parliament; you have to remember one thing… = you are working for your people…”
But not with:
“and “your people†in this case; is the people of Holland”
if you mean with this the people of Holland in general.
Because “your people” is only the people who voted for these parties. And, given the nature of these parties, it’s likely that a big majority of the voters agree with them. In Dutch democracy you don’t represent all people if you’re a memeber of parliament, but only those who voted for you. In other democracies this can be different, in those systems you vote a local candidate and the winner represents you in parliament, so the person that represents you is not necessarily the same person you voted. In those systems you can say “your people” is the people of (fill in name of country), but not in the Dutch case.
Okay – the majority of their voters would agree. But the voters of Mr.Bos probably will agree with Mr.Bos….
So accept and swallow… the fact that you may be called on a Sunday !
From a constitutional point of view (the only view that ultimately counts what they can or can’t do) they can complain about anything they like, and they certainly don’t have to ‘accept and swallow’.
Which is a good thing, btw.
And that is the nice part of having this blog; I am free to complain about that….
BUT; probably those political parties would love to stop this also….
LOL