In a most surprising development, not only has the prosecution asked the court in charge to clear Wilders of all charges, they even condemned the higher court's decision on which to indict him (Hat tip: Pajamas Media).
Maybe they've had to take notice of the growing opposition - even overseas - to persecuting Wilders for having the courage to take on Islamofascism.
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Avi, This is actually not a surprising development at all.
ReplyDeleteThe prosecutors never wanted to prosecute Geert Wilders, and never did.
The judges themselves demanded that he be prosecuted.
Dutch law works a little differently than Anglo-Saxon law . . .
Andrew McCarthy commented: "Prosecutors never wanted to bring the case against Geert. In 2008, the office of the public prosecutor declined to charge him. The lunatic judges are the ones who’ve been behind this all along, representative as they are of the transnational progressive thinking responsible for having such “crimes” on the books in the first place. In 2009, the Dutch Court of Appeals issued an order essentially overruling the prosecutors and ordering that Wilders be charged. That could not happen in the U.S. federal system — at least for now — because, under separation of powers principles, prosecutorial discretion is vested absolutely in the executive branch. The judiciary can inveigh, but judges can’t force the Justice Department to charge anyone. But in the Netherlands, the court gets the last word."
So even though the Dutch prosecutors recommend that all charges be dropped, Mr. Wilders is still obliged to present a defense, and the same judges who demanded his prosecution will decide . . .
We may consider this a travesty of a mockery of a sham, but that's the way they do it.
It's not over yet, by a long shot . . .