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Earlier today, alongside the Opposition, M:OED applied to the municipal Court of Auditors, requesting an independent opinion on which lessons can be drawn from the disappointing experience of last week. We will keep you updated, with definitely more to follow.

Spionagezaak: oppositie wil rol voor Rekenkamer

Zes oppositiepartijen in de gemeenteraad willen dat de Rekenkamer Maastricht onderzoek gaat doen naar de ins en outs van de spionagezaak.

The local cabinet had civil servants and labor union officials interrogated in the cellars of the town hall and issued an illegal dragnet of over 40 email accounts as a part of an attempt to crackdown on a single whistleblower. On Tuesday and Wednesday evening, the City Council met in a special sitting to debate this matter. In the early hours of Thursday night, after a second day, not much had changed. There was no public apology and the executive board has made it difficult to get all the facts straight. Threatening with dismissal and putting civil servants under pressure seems to be a normal course of action within our city. Let it be clear that M:OED does not accept that. In the words of Simona Maassen: "How can trust be rebuilt if one is only busy with rationalizing everything away? The actions of this Board are inadequate." We then decided in good consultation with the other opposition parties to submit a motion of censure (disapproval) against the executive board. Unfortunately, as expected, this was not adopted since the coalition lacked the self-critical ability to look at the basis of this case. No, instead they have supported each other so that they can continue with the practices for which our city is becoming known. The city government has been given the opportunity to say NO to intimidation and espionage, NO to fear, NO to abuse of power and NO to further escalation, but disregarded this opportunity.

“Ik zou best graag prins willen worden ja. Een echte Sjeng ben ik niet, maar ik voel me wel één van hen. Ik heb in Mumbai, Brussel en Tokio gewoond, maar er is geen plek waar ik me zo thuisvoel als in Maastricht.” - Mehrdad Seirafi #grenzenloos #elfvandeelfde

Overdag is Mehrdad neurowetenschapper, in het weekend speelt hij tuba

Lekker, weekend! De een is dan naast het voetbalveld te vinden, een ander slaapt gewoon uit. In deze rubriek vertellen Limburgers wat ze zoal doen in het w...

Wil je weer een officiële liftersplek in Maastricht? Would you like to bring back an official hitchhiking location in Maastricht? Avonturiers en lifters, M:OED vraagt om 30 seconden van je kostbare tijd! Klink onderstande link om ons te helpen bij ons onderzoek naar de behoefte naar het terugbrengen van een officiële liftersplek in onze stad. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd49oCNMS4zJ-MFMSAi24UJr9qGBVg3GzDtkWm4Zly58hcOag/viewform // Hitchhikers and adventurers, we need 30 seconds of your precious time! Please fill in the short survey linked below to help us map the demand for bringing back an official Hitchhiking location in our city. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe4csXFSTdXSHGGTqq1koT96SWlnNWJ5v3CFHQQiB5McTdUzg/viewform

e-Democracy In the digital age, one of the few remaining fields where technology had limited impact is in the realm of politics. Yet, new innovations take place across the world on a daily basis. These technologies are aimed at increasing government transparency, facilitating local initiatives, empowering citizens and ultimately reshape the balance of power between politicians, public servants and citizens. M:OED believes that the role and place of a citizen in current the democratic system needs to be updated where needed and upgraded where possible. The following motion calls upon the Municipality to integrate digital democracy in their action plan for social innovation, to result in new experiments to be conducted by 2020. After a constructive debate, we received support of PvdA Maastricht, Partij Veilig Maastricht and D66 Maastricht who agreed to co-sponsor this bill, endorsed by Alderwoman Heijnen and was overwhelmingly passed by the Council with 31 votes in favor and 4 votes against. Be sure to read the study by the Dutch Ministry of Internal Affairs which the motion refers to: https://e-dem.nl

E-Dem - Digitale participatieools voor lokale overheden

Digitale participatietools bieden nieuwe mogelijkheden om tot besluitvorming te komen. Het ministerie van BZK verkent de komende 1,5 jaar lokaal gebruik van drie open source participatietools samen met 10 gemeenten. digitaledemocratie.eu De Handreiking Digitale Democratie geeft voorbeelden van digit...