The highly controversial political party for Brotherly Love, Freedom and Diversity, more commonly known in the Netherlands as the 'Paedophile party', is to disband. The party's members took the decision at a conference held on Sunday.

Chairman Marthijn Uittenbogaard founded the movement in 2006. It has advocated lowering the minimum age for sex with minors to 12 years and the legalisation of child pornography. This controversial programme was condemned both in the Netherlands and abroad.

The party was unable to participate in the Dutch general election of 2006 because it failed to collect enough declarations of support to be included on the ballot papers. The movement was disbanded on Sunday after the members realised they would again be unable to collect enough signatures to participate in the general election in June this year.

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