Melchior Wathelet
| Melchior Wathelet link (Politician, Judge) | |
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| Born | 6 March 1949 Petit-Rechain |
| Nationality | Belgium |
| Alma mater | University of Liège, Harvard University |
| Interests | Marc Dutroux |
Melchior Wathelet is a Belgian politician and member of the Humanist Democratic Centre who served as 4th Minister-President of Wallonia.
Controversy
As Justice Minister he had, according to David Canter, "encouraged the early release of many sex offenders" which included Marc Dutroux, a convicted child molester and subsequent serial killer.[1] This particular release resulted in the European Parliament calling for his resignation as an ECJ judge in 1997.[2] The European Parliament does not have the right to appoint ECJ judges, and it was the first time that it attempted to influence their selection.[3]
Wathelet was himself implicated as being part of an organised child abuse ring by two separate witnesses in the aftermath of the Dutroux case, Regina Louf and Pascal Willens, (a Belgian Psychologist working with two young abuse victims aged 8–10 years).[4]
References
- ↑ David Canter, Mapping Murder. The Secrets of Geographical Profiling, Virgin Books, 2003, ISBN 1-85227-078-0, page 175
- ↑ https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/despatches/europe/24162.stm Belgian judge urged to quit over Dutroux paedophile case
- ↑ https://www.politico.eu/article/mep-tries-to-remove-belgian-judge-from-european-court/
- ↑ https://alchetron.com/Melchior-Wathelet