Protesters gather in front of Christian Wulff's residence following controversy about his non-disclosure of a home loan.
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The protesters gathered along a sidewalk in front of Bellevue Palace on Saturday as part of a demonstration organised on Facebook under the motto: "Show Wulff your shoes - Shoe for you Mr President!"
"We only want to hold the shoes up, not throw them," said one organizer, Juergen Jaenen, referring to a 2008 incident in which an enraged Iraqi journalist threw his shoe at then US president George Bush.
Wulff has come under fire for failing to report a house loan received from the wife of a wealthy friend [Reuters]
Wulff has come under increasing criticism for weeks as it has emerged that, when he was the premier of the state of Lower Saxony, he failed to report a house loan received from the wife of a wealthy friend.
Further questions have been raised as to whether he used his influence to convert that money into a commercial loan at cheap rates.
Additionally, Wulff has become embroiled in a war of words with Bild, a major mass-circulation newspaper, for a phone call in which he attempted to get the publication's editor to delay or stop a story about the loans.
Although Wulff's position is largely ceremonial, criticism of him is embarassing for Chancellor Angela Merkel, who nominated him for the job.