Dutch petition against Covid passports reaches 798,000 signatures and counting in only five days
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A petition in the Netherlands calling for the immediate abolition of Covid passports has received more than 798,000 signatures in five days.
The petition was launched by Mona Keijzer, the former state secretary for economy and climate, who was dismissed from the government last year after she opposed the introduction of the Covid Passports.
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The appeal to the center-right Rutte government was broadcast on Friday. Today as we publish this article, petities.nl‘s counter passed the 798,000 mark. On the weekend the site was sometimes so busy that the server was regularly overloaded.
The petition refers to a manifesto with the motto “Undivided openness”. In it, a broad coalition of prominent figures pleads for the reopening of society without Covid passports.
Now that it is clear that the coronavirus will also become endemic, Corona (Covid) passports may no longer have a place in the “toolbox” of a free democracy. We call on the government and parliament to immediately abolish the corona access card,” it says.
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