(Dutch News) Senior civil servants put pressure on prosecutors to take Geert Wilders to court for his “fewer Moroccans” speech, according to documents seen by RTL Nieuws.
In a series of memos, justice ministry officials wrote that Wilders’s comments were “malicious” and “racist.” One asked, after reading a confidential report prepared for justice minister Ivo Opstelten in September 2014: “Is the prosecution service now convinced of the desirability and viability of a prosecution?”
The leader of the anti-immigration PVV party is currently appealing against his conviction for inciting discrimination against Dutch Moroccans in the televised speech, delivered in the aftermath of the local elections in March 2014.
Wilders asked a roomful of supporters if they wanted to have “more or fewer” Moroccans in the country. When the crowd shouted back: “Fewer, fewer,” Wilders responded: “We’ll take care of that.”
