Rabat - A trial court in The Netherlands denied three requests made by lawyers representing the far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders during the recent second hearing of a current case lodged against him that alleges he initiated and encouraged hate speech against Moroccans in 2014.
The Dutch Moroccan Alliance (SMN) lodged a law suit against Wilders after he asked those in attendance of a political meeting in The Hague if they “wanted fewer Moroccans in the country.”
Some of the people in the crowd chanted “Fewer! Fewer! Fewer!,” to which Wilders - the leader of the Party for Freedom - said “I will fix it for you.”
According to the BBC, the SMN said he “went a step too far” at the meeting held in a local coffee shop by targeting a specific ethnic minority in Holland.
A report by Medias24 said Wilder’s attorneys had requested the court to begin an investigation on files related to the case that were recently leaked to the press. The presiding judge explained that conducting the investigation was not the responsibility of the court and asked the defense to inform the police or complete the fact-finding mission themselves.
The lawyers also asked for the dismissal of Judge Fielders from the case due to concerns that he may be holding a bias against the defendant, since Wilders has criticized the judge’s work in the past.
The defense’s last rejected request was to enter new witnesses for their testimonies regarding the incriminating series of racist statements.
Wilders - an outspoken critic of what he calls the “mass migration” of Muslims to Holland - also called Moroccans “scum” during an interview in December 2014.
Wilders is also the leader of the right-wing Party for Freedom, currently polling at all-time high in Holland.
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