2023-12-09 09:53:00
“The neutrality of administrative acts and the impartiality of civil servants are at the heart of our vision of public management (…) I am even asking that neutrality and impartiality enter into the Belgian Constitution, concerning civil servants at all levels (…) The citizen who comes to an administration has the right to be treated impartially,” explains Mr. Nollet.
Convictional signs in the administration: “The same rule for the whole country is required”
The latter continues by emphasizing that “neutrality does not depend on skin color, the length of the beard or the wearing of a kippah”. “But that does not mean that there cannot be a ban on wearing religious symbols for certain functions. The public authority must be able to set limits, even if the ban must be the exception. On the criteria authority or contact with the public, there is a debate that must be organized. But let’s first see what unites us, namely the inclusion in the Constitution of the principle of neutrality”, he adds .
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