Netherland's highest advisory body, the Council of State, has criticised the Dutch government's plans to introduce a ban on the burqa, Dutch media reported Tuesday.
The Council said it does not see the need for a ban and noted that the government did not give sufficient arguments for going ahead.
It is not up to the government to determine what women can wear and moreover, there are enough laws to ensure public safety without banning the burqa, it argued.
The Dutch government says the ban on face-covering garments in public places is necessary to guarantee open communication because of public safety concerns.
Meanwhile, the police chief in Amsterdam Pieter-Jaap Aalbersberg was quoted saying in media reports that his officers would not automatically fine burqa wearers once the ban becomes law. It is up to individual police officers to decide how to proceed, he noted.
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