This one deserves a longer posting. This is what a member of the labourparty apparently can get away with in the Netherlands... And it is also a very good reason not to vote for them. Are you listening mr. Wouter Bos?
(Translation by me, pardon the errors).
Labour(Party:PvdA)-councilman dumps wife in Marocco.
by Johan van den Dongen and Bart Olmer
AMSTERDAM - PvdA-councilman Mohammed el Yaakoubi of the Amsterdam borough of Geuzenveld-Slotermeer is under attack because he dumped his wife - also the mother of his two sons - in Morocco during the holidays.
The woman, Habiba el Yousfi (27), managed to return to the Netherlands two and a half months later and went to the police in Amsterdam. According to the official complaint El Yaakoubi stole her passport and permit, to make it impossible for her to return to the Netherlands. The Amsterdam court ruled in favour of the woman on all issues in the case. El Yaakoubi must return her papers of identification as well as their sons Yassine and Rachid and the house they lived in. El Yakoubi also has to pay a monthly alimony of 1.000 Euros. In a cry for help on the internet Habiba writes that her husband - who is not only a councilman but also a projectleader and analyst for the ING-bank - treated her like dirt after a nine-year marriage and left her behind in Morocco. The family was on a holiday there this summer. "Once I found out that my kids were missing I searched everywhere", according to the abandoned wife.
Back in Amsterdam the labour councilman started a divorce-procedure. The councilman claimed that he did not know where his wife was. The court of law and the bailiff asked the "missing" Habiba to report to the police by placing advertisements in the newspapers.
Habibi managed to get new paperwork in Morocco and followed her family to Holland. She appeared in court in Amsterdam just in time. The husband stated that his wife had 'a bad influence' on the children. The judge however, ruled in favour of the wife and declared that the councilman has to give his wife the children and the house and pay her alimony.
El Yakoubi has so far ignored the court-ruling. According to him his wife is 'spreading lies'. He declined to give any other comment.
The Labourparty supports the councilman. Local partyleader Wouter van der Wulp : "It is of course logical that the PvdA is strongly against wives being dumped in Morocco, but in this case nothing points to that. I have discussed the matter with El Yakoubi and he claims that his wife is "slinging mud".
At an undisclosed location Habibi explains why she came out into the open though the internet. "Our marriage got worse and worse after our sons were born. I was not allowed to go outside nor open the frontdoor. My husband was very angry when I secretly started to learn Dutch".
Although the judge ruled in her favour on all issues, Habibi has nothing left at the moment. She has gone into hiding. Without children, alimoney or welfare-income, in borrowed clothes and completely uninsured.
The esteemed councilman has now sued her and the case is to appear in court today. In a legal procedure he demands she finds her own home.
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