Geert Wilders believes Integration Minister Eberhard van der Laan and centre-left (D66) leader Alexander Pechtold should be held responsible if he should ever be assassinated. They are creating a climate of hate in which lunatics are incited to violence against critics of Islam, according to Wilders.

It was exactly five years ago yesterday that filmmaker and Islam critic Theo van Gogh was butchered by 'home-grown' terrorist Mohammed Bouyeri. Wilders considers Van der Laan and Pechtold are behaving like "political accomplices" of Bouyeri. Statements made by the PvdA minister and D66 leader yesterday morning contribute to a "climate of hatred and violence against me and the PVV (Party for Freedom)," according to Wilders.

Van der Laan said in De Pers newspaper yesterday morning that Wilders party is a threat to democracy, partly because it is the biggest in the polls. "If a certain person calls for something crazy, you should not immediately think: Is this dangerous for the constitutional state? But if many people call for it, then this is something you must take into account."

The minister confirmed that he was referring to the large following of the PVV - most polls say Wilders would be prime minister if elections were held now. " I do not think that (the polls) will become reality," Van der Laan added (...)

Source: Europenews.dk