Councilors think it is “a great shame” that he is leaving and praise him as a nice person and very knowledgeable councilor who had short lines of communication with councilors from both the coalition and the opposition. They expected that he would eventually have been able to successfully complete the file on the arrival of an asylum seeker shelter in Houten. “Despite the fact that he is an alderman from outside, he is good for Houten,” says Axel Eerdman of Houten Anders.
The departure of an alderman should not lead to a delay in asylum reception, according to Houten council members
