PVV and FVD angry about not prosecuting Akwasi: ‘Total arbitrariness’ | Inland

“Total arbitrariness,” Wilders sees it. “I ask a question, stand in court for six years and am convicted, Akwasi threatens with brute force and goes free. The Netherlands has become a corrupt country. ”

“Legally stupid,” says FvD Member of Parliament Theo Hiddema, who is also a criminal lawyer, in the OM’s decision to dismiss the case. According to him, the decision of the Public Prosecution violates the principle of equality before the law. He points to similar cases: the lawsuit against Geert Wilders and the conviction of ‘blocking fries’ Jenny Douwes: “Wilders asked a question about“ less, less ”and Mrs. Douwes tried to protect children from the activists of Kick Out Zwarte Piet, while these man has been demonstrating visibly violent fantasies for 10 years. ” Hiddema finds the decision above all ‘non-binding and not inclusive’. “If you want to be inclusive, giving him a summons is a good way.”

Coalition parties VVD and D66 have indicated that they do not want to make any statements about individual matters.

More than 40 people reported against Akwasi for his ruling on Dam Square during the Black Lives Matter demonstration last June. The rapper gave a speech there, which he concluded with the cry: “The moment I see a Zwarte Piet in November, I personally kick him in the face.” The Public Prosecution did conclude that Akwasi’s ruling is punishable, but because the rapper put on the sackcloth on social media and took back his words, she let it go. According to the Public Prosecution Service, the public withdrawal has ‘a greater preventive effect’ than if a judicial process were to take place.

Recently, old tweets from Akwasi surfaced in which he calls for violence against Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet. Those tweets are not part of the dismissal of the Public Prosecution Service and are therefore still being investigated further.

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