TOTAL VICTORY!
H/T VLAD
Prosecutors ask for Wilders acquittal on all charges
AMSTERDAM |
Oct 15 (Reuters) – Prosecutors asked a Dutch court on Friday to acquit anti-immigration lawmaker Geert Wilders on charges of inciting hatred and discrimination against Muslims.
Prosecutors, who had already called on the court to drop a charge that Wilders insulted Muslims by comparing Islam to Nazism, said his comments targeted Islam and not Muslims as a group. They said he also had the right as a politician to make statements about perceived problems in society. (Reporting by Aaron Gray-Block; Editing by Louise Ireland)
NOTE: The Judges could still rule against Geert, but what bench would want to be seen going against both the prosecution and the defense?
Had Wilders failed to get enough votes to win a spot in the government coalition, I doubt the court cases would have turned out this way.
It is interesting how the OM qualifies the acquittal as based on a technicality, i.e., not all criteria has been met. They don't want to nullify the hate speech laws, but they also know they have a losing hand and want to fold. Worms.
The hard-Left jackboot brigade should now apologize to Geert, the PVV and the Dutch people.
This whole show-trial has exposed the Left's arrogance, their obnoxious intimidation tactics and their brainless penchant for wasting vast amounts of time and taxpayers money on a politically motivated vendetta.
God bless Geert and the PVV!