AMSTERDAM: Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte's government resigned on Friday over a child benefits scandal, media reported, threatening political turmoil as the country battles the coronavirus pandemic.
Dutch media said Rutte was due to give a statement at 1315 GMT about the resignation of his four-party coalition cabinet, which comes just two months before the Netherlands is due to hold a general election on Mar 17. The row threatens to leave the Netherlands without a government in the midst of a surge in cases of a new COVID-19 variant that first emerged in Britain.Rutte had opposed the cabinet's resignation, saying the country needs leadership during the pandemic.
Victims also lodged a legal complaint on Tuesday against three serving ministers and two former ministers including Asscher.Tax officials were also revealed to have carried out"racial profiling" of 11,00 people based on their dual nationality, including some of those hit by the false benefit fraud accusations.
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