[Ynet] Dutch prosecutors said on Thursday they will pursue charges against anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders for remarks made about Moroccans during election campaigning.
A prosecution statement said Wilders, whose party is leading opinion polls in the Netherlands, will face charges of "insulting a specific group based on race and inciting discrimination and hatred."
The case centers on comments the populist, famous for his trademark peroxide blond hair, made at a March 19 rally after local elections.
He asked his supporters whether they wanted “fewer or more Moroccans in your city and in the Netherlands?”
When the crowd shouted “Fewer! Fewer!” a smiling Wilders answered: “We’re going to organize that.”
The remark led to 6,400 legal complaints being lodged across the Netherlands, and criticism was even voiced within Wilders’s own Party for Freedom (PVV). |