pic.twitter.com/U07jHfQmyh — Geert Wilders (@geertwilderspvv) February 6, 2017Geert Wilders, the leader of the Netherland's populist Party for Freedom (PVV) party, has sparked angry recriminations from fellow politicians after posting a digitally altered image that falsely claimed to show a political rival at a rally with Islamists. At first glance, the image Wilders posted to Twitter on Monday morning appears to show Dutch politician Alexander Pechtold standing at a rally beneath a sign that said "Shariah for the Netherlands." Protesters hold placards outside a news conference being held by right-wing Dutch MP Geert Wilders on Oct. 16, 2009. in London. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)Wilders faced criticism for his decision to share the altered image. The Labour Party's Lodewijk Asscher, a former mayor of Amsterdam and currently deputy prime minister of the Netherlands, told the PVV leader that he should delete his Twitter account.

Source: Washington Post February 06, 2017 18:11 UTC