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The Liberal VVD has dropped its support for new legislation which would remove the blasphemy law from the statute books, according to D66 parliamentarian Boris van der Ham.
'The VVD has had doubts for some time but has now confirmed it will no longer support the legislation,' Van der Ham said in a statement. 'I hope other secular parties keep to their positions so there is still majority support.'
However, according to the NRC, the bill still has to be discussed by VVD parliamentarians. A VVD spokeswoman told news agency Novum no decision has yet been taken on whether or not to still support the bill.