Charles is at it again. Now he’s happy that the Pro-Islamic European Parliament has stripped Frank Vanhecke, a Belgian member of the European Parliament of parliamentary immunity. Charles claims he’s against fascism, but he seems to favor silencing anyone who disagrees with him.
Vlaams Belang Chairman Stripped of EU Immunity
World | Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 11:03:07 am PST
Frank Vanhecke, chairman of the extreme right Belgian Vlaams Belang party and member of the European Parliament, has been stripped of his EU immunity, leaving him open to prosecution for “incitement” under Belgian law.
BRUSSELS (JTA) — The European Parliament waived the parliamentary immunity of a far-right member from Belgium.
Frank Vanhecke, a Belgian member of the European Parliament for the far-right Vlaams Belang, was accused of incitement to hatred and xenophobia under Belgian law, but could not be prosecuted unless the European Parliament waived his immunity, which it did in a vote on Tuesday.
In spring 2005, a local edition of a Vlaams Belang newsletter, for which Vanhecke was the responsible publisher, printed an article accusing “foreign cultures” of the desecration of a cemetery. The newsletter said such acts are the result of “a culture which no longer has any respect for the dead and for the symbols of a different faith.” The culprits turned out to be local minors. …
Robin Sclafani, the director of the Brussels-based organization Jewish Contribution to an Inclusive Europe, said “the fact that Vanhecke’s immunity was waived is a clear sign that parliamentarians are not above the law, especially where racism and incitement to hatred are concerned. We hope that this is a signal that the European Union is committed to holding elections that are free from bigotry and racist rhetoric.”
Ironically the Israeli Newspaper Haaretz has a different description of the VB! They are pro-Israel and stand up for Jews in Belgium, where others parties don’t!
Belgian far right leader: I am one of Israel’s staunchest defenders
At Belgium’s request, the European Parliament is expected next month to lift the immunity of one of its members, a former leader of the rightist Vlaams Belang party, exposing him to racism charges. Describing himself as a victim of blatant persecution, Frank Vanhecke told Haaretz the decision could spell his “political death.”
In the interview, Vanhecke countered claims that Vlaams Belang is anti-Semitic, calling them “unjust and untrue,” pointing to his record of cooperation with Antwerp’s Jewish community and standing up for Israel in the European Parliament.
His crime is that in his paper they explain that Muslims are desecrating Christian and Jewish cemetery. This is true, however for the Euro-Socialist this is not acceptable. Therefore they are prosecuting them to silence them! Something Charles approves of!
