News report | 28-01-2026 | 15:11
The Public Prosecution Service (OM) demands again 200 hours of community service in appeal against Gideon van M. for inciting and/or provoking violent actions against public authority. This is punishable as incitement. He was convicted for this by the court of The Hague on June 11, 2024. He was sentenced to 200 hours of community service, to be replaced by 100 days of detention if he did not or insufficiently performed it. He has appealed this conviction.
Incitement to violent actions against public authority
The OM states that Gideon van M. twice, first on the occasion of a farmers meeting in Tuil in 2022 and later during an interview with the forum Compleetdenkers in 2022, deliberately incited violent actions against public authority. He told his audience that the Netherlands is no longer a democratic constitutional state, but a tyrannical government. And against a tyrannical government, violent resistance is allowed, according to Gideon van M.
OM demands again 200 hours of community service
The OM accuses Gideon van M. of calling for violence against the government during a time of social unrest, while as a member of parliament he is an important part of that same government. He swore allegiance to the King, the Statute and the Constitution but by calling for violence, in the opinion of the OM, he violated that oath. “Are his concerns about the ‘rule of law’ and the democratic quality of constitutional states completely unfounded? No, of course not. And is it allowed to debate sharply about the direction society should take? Certainly! The criminal court does not judge the ideas of citizens and politicians. However, it must remain debate. Inciting violence or violent resistance crosses the legal boundary. Where violence prevails, debate dies,” said the advocate-general of the OM.
Gideon van M. also indicated that a conditional sentence will not prevent him from spreading his message. Therefore, the OM considers a fully unconditional sentence appropriate.