Call for Transparency: Suspicion Surrounding Subsidies Granted by Brussels Housing Alderman

2023-06-17 22:49:07

The Engagés demanded on Thursday the suspension of the socialist Alderman for Housing of the City of Brussels Lydia Mutyebele and an audit to shed light on the conditions for granting the subsidies that she granted to a non-profit organization domiciled at his address until 2021 and managed by members of his family.

This information was delivered Thursday by the Capital which also specifies that the alderman would ask that his first and last names be included in the communications of the non-profit organizations subsidized by the City. La Capitale also added that Lydia Mutyebele “treated himself to a photo shoot with theasbl GFAIA at City Hall” before receiving the GFAIA 2022 “Exceptional Woman” trophy.

This practice obviously reminds us of that of Federal Secretary of State Sarah Schlitz (Ecolo) who had to resign following this use of public funds for personal purposes.“, underlined Thursday, by means of a press release, Les Engagés de la Ville de Bruxelles.

Through the voice of their leader Didier Wauters, they asked, as a first step, for a complete, independent audit made accessible, at the very least, to municipal councilors, of all the subsidies granted by Alderman Mutyebele and the suspension thereof pending the conclusions of the audit. For his part, the president of the Brussels regional Engagés, Christophe De Beukelaer, demanded from the Brussels government, which has regional supervision, to take up the case to shed light on these suspicious practices.

Make all the transparency

Good governance must be part of the DNA of every party today. Faced with the democratic challenges we face, such practices can no longer continue. We will be uncompromising every time if it happens again“, said Les Engagés bruxellois.

For his part, the leader of the MR in the City of Brussels, David Weytsman asked the latter “to make all the transparency on the management and the attribution of the subsidies granted by the majority PS-Défi-EcoloFor this, clear procedures are needed to avoid conflicts of interest. its supervisory competence to contribute to this transparency which is “essential“.

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