60,000 signatures for referendum drainage law

People who want a referendum on the new drainage act have now taken over 60,000 signatures.

'We have good hope that those 300,000 valid signatures arrive on time,' says co-initiator Tijn de Vos. 'We notice that people who have drawn motivate others to sign too. '

The Cabinet and the Lower House want the intelligence services to gain more access to information. This is mainly data from telephone, e-mail and internet traffic. Opponents are afraid of a tow network that will help the AIVD and MIVD gather more information than necessary, including communication by innocent citizens.

Therefore, the critics want a consultative referendum on the wiping act, which is called the Intelligence and Security Services (Wiv).