<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-May 6, 2002 izinsuku eziyisishiyagalolunye ngaphambi kokhetho uFortuyn wabulawa  <response>: ngowesishoshovu semvelo esineminyaka engu-32 ubudala eHilversum. Kwaqubuka iziyaluyalu ezimbalwa ezincane eHague lapho uMelkert ayekhona ngaleso sikhathi, emncenga ukuba asuke ngokushesha edolobheni. Ngemva kokuthola izinsongo zokubulawa, kuhlanganise nesibhamu esinesibhamu esithunyelwe ngeposi, yena nomkhaya wakhe bacasha okwesikhashana. I-PvdA kaMelkert yalahlekelwa cishe uhhafu wezihlalo zayo, yancipha isuka ku-45 yaya ku-23 ezihlalweni ezingu-150 zeNdlu Yabamele. Iqembu lehla lisuka endaweni yokuqala laya kweyesine. UMelkert wasula njengomholi wezepolitiki ngobusuku bokhetho futhi wathathelwa indawo yisikhulumi sangaphambili seNdlu Yabamele, uJeltje van Nieuwenhoven. UMelkert wahlala ePhalamende isikhathi esifushane ngemuva kwalokho. Ingxoxo yakhe yokugcina enkulu ephalamende yayiphathelene nesimo se-European Union. 