{"id":11667,"date":"2024-05-23T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T07:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bertrandwaucquez.be\/2024\/06\/23\/11667\/"},"modified":"2024-06-24T15:51:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T13:51:49","slug":"11667","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bertrandwaucquez.be\/en\/2024\/05\/23\/11667\/","title":{"rendered":"23.05.2024 &#8211; Let&#8217;s set the record straight: the opposition claims that the burgomaster has his forum in a FB group in which the opposition has been blocked since 2018."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"694\" title=\"COVER Factcheck-FR\" src=\"https:\/\/bertrandwaucquez.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/COVER-Factcheck-FR.png\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-11665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bertrandwaucquez.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/COVER-Factcheck-FR-200x69.png 200w, https:\/\/bertrandwaucquez.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/COVER-Factcheck-FR-400x139.png 400w, https:\/\/bertrandwaucquez.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/COVER-Factcheck-FR-600x208.png 600w, https:\/\/bertrandwaucquez.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/COVER-Factcheck-FR-800x278.png 800w, https:\/\/bertrandwaucquez.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/COVER-Factcheck-FR-1200x416.png 1200w, https:\/\/bertrandwaucquez.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/COVER-Factcheck-FR.png 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>23.05.2024<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"TextRun SCXW251480591 BCX8\" lang=\"FR-FR\" xml:lang=\"FR-FR\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW251480591 BCX8\">The opposition claims that the mayor <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW251480591 BCX8\">has his forum in a FB group in which the opposition has been blocked since 2018.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW251480591 BCX8\"> Is this <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed GrammarErrorHighlight SCXW251480591 BCX8\">correct?<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW251480591 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"\"> <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Answer: no!<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fact-checking:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kraainem has many FACEBOOK groups.  <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Some are run by 'a-political' citizens, i.e. with no political agenda, but with the aim of facilitating exchanges between citizens. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank them.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"195\" title=\"2024-page FB-1\" src=\"https:\/\/bertrandwaucquez.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2024-page-FB-1-1.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-11656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bertrandwaucquez.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2024-page-FB-1-1-200x52.jpg 200w, https:\/\/bertrandwaucquez.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2024-page-FB-1-1-400x104.jpg 400w, https:\/\/bertrandwaucquez.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2024-page-FB-1-1-600x156.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bertrandwaucquez.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2024-page-FB-1-1.jpg 751w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 751px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Other groups are managed by political representatives with a political agenda (hidden or not). Here are a few examples:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"-\" data-font=\"Aptos\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <strong>FB &#8216;N<\/strong><\/span><strong>e love the municipality of Kraainem<\/strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>&#8216;.<\/strong>  The opposition refers to this group.  <br \/>Note that the mayor doesn&#8217;t have his own tribune, far from it (it&#8217;s the tribune of the Pro-Kraainem political group), only that he isn&#8217;t blocked there, as in the FB groups managed by the opposition. The group &#8216;nous aimons la commune de Kraainem&#8217; is a private initiative of Olivier Joris, Pro-Kraainem&#8217;s representative on the town council, with a number of administrators whose names are listed below:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-3 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"397\" height=\"487\" title=\"2024-page FB-2\" src=\"https:\/\/bertrandwaucquez.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2024-page-FB-2.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-11659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bertrandwaucquez.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2024-page-FB-2-200x245.jpg 200w, https:\/\/bertrandwaucquez.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2024-page-FB-2.jpg 397w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><ul>\n<li><span class=\"TextRun SCXW257687555 BCX8\" lang=\"FR-FR\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><br \/>\n  <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW257687555 BCX8\">The <strong>Group <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n  <strong><br \/>\n    <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW257687555 BCX8\">FB <\/span><br \/>\n  <\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><strong><br \/>\n  <span class=\"TextRun SCXW257687555 BCX8\" lang=\"FR-FR\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW257687555 BCX8\">&#8216;<\/span><br \/>\n    <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW257687555 BCX8\">L<\/span><br \/>\n    <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW257687555 BCX8\">he good plans of <\/span><br \/>\n    <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW257687555 BCX8\">Kraainem<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW257687555 BCX8\" lang=\"FR-FR\" xml:lang=\"FR-FR\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW257687555 BCX8\"><strong>is<\/strong> managed by Isabelle <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW257687555 BCX8\">Fouarge<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW257687555 BCX8\"> and Sara <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW257687555 BCX8\">Kekli<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW257687555 BCX8\">who are both council representatives for the MR. The mayor  <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW257687555 BCX8\">is blocked from <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW257687555 BCX8\">this group, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW257687555 BCX8\">as are the<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW257687555 BCX8\">are also blocked. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW257687555 BCX8\">Kraainem<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW257687555 BCX8\">-Unie<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW257687555 BCX8\"> who are therefore unable to respond <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW257687555 BCX8\">to any <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW257687555 BCX8\">messages (true or not) that appear on it<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW257687555 BCX8\">.<\/span> <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-4 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"415\" height=\"190\" title=\"2024-page FB-3\" src=\"https:\/\/bertrandwaucquez.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2024-page-FB-3.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-11662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bertrandwaucquez.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2024-page-FB-3-200x92.jpg 200w, https:\/\/bertrandwaucquez.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2024-page-FB-3-400x183.jpg 400w, https:\/\/bertrandwaucquez.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/2024-page-FB-3.jpg 415w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><ul>\n<li><span class=\"TextRun SCXW255261913 BCX8\" lang=\"FR-FR\" xml:lang=\"FR-FR\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255261913 BCX8\">L<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255261913 BCX8\">he <strong>FB page<\/strong><\/span><strong> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255261913 BCX8\">&#8216;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><strong><br \/>\n  <span class=\"TextRun SCXW255261913 BCX8\" lang=\"FR-FR\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255261913 BCX8\">Kraainem<\/span><br \/>\n    <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255261913 BCX8\">-Unie<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW255261913 BCX8\" lang=\"FR-FR\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><br \/>\n  <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255261913 BCX8\"><strong>is<\/strong> managed by <\/span><br \/>\n  <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255261913 BCX8\">Kraainem<\/span><br \/>\n  <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255261913 BCX8\">-Unie.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW255261913 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":10211,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[223],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lets-set-the-record-straight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bertrandwaucquez.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bertrandwaucquez.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bertrandwaucquez.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bertrandwaucquez.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bertrandwaucquez.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11667"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/bertrandwaucquez.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12125,"href":"https:\/\/bertrandwaucquez.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11667\/revisions\/12125"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bertrandwaucquez.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bertrandwaucquez.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bertrandwaucquez.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bertrandwaucquez.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}