Wilders wants to postpone his appeal for discriminating against Moroccans

Dutch politician, founder and leader of the Party for Freedom Geerts Wilders wants to postpone the appeal in his hate speech trial against Moroccans until the Dutch Public Prosecutor decides what to do with the discrimination charges against D66 leader Alexander Pechtold over comments he made about Russians, reports NLTimes.

Wilders and his lawyer sent a postponement request to the Court of Appeal in The Hague on March the 1st, insisting that the charges against Pechtold are based on the same law Wilder is accused of breaking.

According to the same source, the law condemns discrimination based on race.

For the record, Wilders told the crowds in 2014 that «the Hague should be a city with fewer problems, if possible, fewer Moroccans». He then asked his followers whether they want more of fewer Moroccans in the city and they chanted repeating «fewer, fewer, fewer».

He was found guilty on the 9th of December 2016 and the court ruled indicating that : «partly in view of the inflammatory nature and manner of these statements, others were herby incited to discriminate against persons of Moroccan origin».

Right after the ruling was issued, the politician appealed arguing that «Moroccans are not a race and people who say something about Moroccans are not racist. I am not racist and neither are my voters».