"It is my right and my duty as a politician to speak about the problems in our country," Wilders said in a statement Friday, adding he will be represented in court instead by his lawyer Geert-Jan Knoops.
"Tas ir farss, ka man jāstājas tiesas priekšā, jo es runāju par mazāku skaitu marokāņu," paziņoja politiķis.