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Dutch right wing populist politician Geert Wilders was suspected of having insulted a population group of Moroccans, with respect to their race and of incitement to discrimination and hatred, the Dutch public prosecution stated on Thursday.
The prosecution invited the PVV (Party of Freedom) leader for questioning. Wilders will be examined over his remarks about Moroccans he made on March 12 and 19, 2014 in The Hague, which caused the police to receive over 6400 reports.
Wilders has always made anti-Islam remarks, but during the Dutch municipal elections campaign on Match 12 this year he specifically pointed at people of Moroccan descent.
At a meeting after the elections on March 19 Wilders asked his fans three questions. Whether they wanted "more or fewer" of European Union, "more or fewer" of PvdA (Labor) and finally "more or fewer" of Moroccans, with the attendees cheering "fewer, fewer" to all the questions. "Good, we're going to arrange that," Wilders concluded after receiving the answer to the final question.
In recent months, the prosecution conducted extensive legal analysis of the remarks he had made, which has showed in the conclusion that the remarks constitute the suspicion of a criminal offence.
This is the reason why it was decided to question Wilders. So far, the prosecution has not yet taken a definitive decision to institute proceedings.
Wilders reacted furiously to the decision by the public prosecutor to question him as a suspect. "It is shameful," he said in a statement. "While the world is on fire the prosecutor decides to go after a politician who points out problems. Apparently I cannot say what I think, while millions of people think the same at home. Enditem
