Prime Minister Mark Rutte has been removing text messages from his phone every day for years because there is not enough space on the device to store messages. He forwarded the messages he thought were important enough to archive to the authorities, deleted the rest himself and reported it. by Volkskrant Wednesday.
Because the Prime Minister himself has deleted his text messages. by Volkskrant It is not possible to determine whether this was done in accordance with the Archives Act. Under this law, the government must store important information and make it accessible. That way, the government can be held accountable. The information may also be useful for research.
In 2020, the newspaper requested access to text messages about Rutte’s corona policy via the Public Information Act (Wob). Subsequently, the newspaper only received messages from Rutte to its officials. In addition, the messages would not come from the Prime Minister’s own telephone, but only from the telephones of officials.
The Prime Minister’s method was revealed during a hearing on Tuesday. by Volkskrant had tightened up. According to the country lawyer, Rutte used ‘real-time archiving’ during and before the corona pandemic. According to the Government Information Service, the Prime Minister received a new telephone last Thursday.
Source: NU
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