Amsterdam mayor skips Indies Remembrance event on 15 August over controversial speaker
Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema will not deliver her speech on the Dam in Amsterdam on August 15 for the National Indies Remembrance as was initially planned. In a statement released on Instagram on Tuesday, she expressed her disagreement with the decision to invite the daughter of Dutch military officer Raymond Westerling as a guest speaker, leading to her withdrawal.
Source: nltimes.nl