▁of ▁prominent ▁professor ▁of ▁the ology ▁J . ▁Kam ph uis . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁general ▁elections ▁they ▁were ▁able ▁to ▁retain ▁their ▁one ▁seat . ▁During ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁a ▁group ▁called ▁Nation aal ▁Ev ang l isch ▁Verb ond ▁( NE V ) ▁had ▁left ▁the ▁AR P ▁because ▁they ▁thought ▁the ▁party ' s ▁al liance ▁with ▁the ▁Catholic ▁People ' s ▁Party ▁was ▁wrong . ▁They ▁asked ▁the ▁board ▁of ▁the ▁GP V ▁whether ▁they ▁could ▁join ▁their ▁party . ▁This ▁was ▁rejected ▁by ▁the ▁board ▁of ▁the ▁GP V , ▁who ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁party ▁was ▁open ▁only ▁to ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁liber ated ▁Re formed ▁Church . ▁This ▁group ▁would ▁later ▁become ▁the ▁Re format ory ▁Political ▁Federation ▁( R PF ). ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 1 ▁general ▁election ▁the ▁party ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁obtain ▁a ▁second ▁seat , ▁which ▁they ▁were ▁able ▁to ▁retain ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 2 . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 7 ▁general ▁election ▁J ong eling ▁was ▁replaced ▁by ▁Verb rug h ▁and ▁the ▁party ▁lost ▁one ▁seat . ▁Before ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁general ▁election , ▁Verb rug h ▁was ▁replaced ▁by ▁Sch ut te , ▁who ▁would ▁lead ▁the ▁party ▁until ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁He ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁retain ▁the ▁one ▁seat ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 1 , ▁ 1 9 8 2 ▁and ▁ 1 9 8 6