Politics · Germany · 7 hrs ago
Haseloff defends CDU plan to leave chamber during Siegmund vote
Former Saxony-Anhalt premier Reiner Haseloff defended the CDU’s plan to leave parliament during a vote on who should lead the state.
In December, the CDU intends to leave the chamber and not vote in the first two rounds of Ulrich Siegmund’s bid to become premier.
The plan follows a secret vote in which AfD politician Tobias Rausch received four more votes than the AfD and BSW held between them.
The extra votes’ origin is unknown, but the CDU faced accusations that its members supplied them.
Siegmund needs at least 42 votes, while the AfD has 39 and the BSW plans to abstain, so he needs three votes from other parties.
Haseloff said the AfD had not won an absolute majority in the state election and argued that AfD and BSW leaders in Berlin now influence what happens in Saxony-Anhalt.
Reiner Haseloff said it was legitimate for the CDU parliamentary group to leave the chamber during the first two rounds of a planned vote for Saxony-Anhalt’s minister-president.
The CDU plans to leave the chamber in December when AfD politician Ulrich Siegmund seeks the office.
Siegmund needs at least 42 votes, and the BSW plans to abstain.
Haseloff said the move would help prevent renewed accusations about how votes were cast.
The accusations followed the secret election of AfD politician Tobias Rausch as state parliament president, in which he received four more votes than the AfD and BSW held together.
- Who
- Former Saxony-Anhalt minister-president Reiner Haseloff defended the CDU parliamentary group’s plan.
- What
- The CDU plans to leave the chamber during the first two rounds of a vote on Ulrich Siegmund’s bid to become minister-president.
- When
- The vote is planned for December. The sources do not state the exact date.
- Where
- The Saxony-Anhalt state parliament.
- Why
- Haseloff said the move could prevent renewed insinuations about how votes were cast.
CDU and Reiner Haseloff
Politicians who accused CDU members of supplying extra votes
Reason for the plan
CDU and Reiner Haseloff
Haseloff said leaving the chamber was legitimate and could prevent renewed insinuations.
Politicians who accused CDU members of supplying extra votes
They accused the CDU of providing votes that helped Tobias Rausch win the state parliament presidency.
Vote concerns
CDU and Reiner Haseloff
The CDU plans to stay out of the first two rounds of Siegmund’s vote.
Politicians who accused CDU members of supplying extra votes
The accusations followed a secret ballot in which Rausch received four votes more than the AfD and BSW held together.
Haseloff resigned as minister-president to give his successor Sven Schulze an incumbency advantage ahead of the state election.
The CDU finished second behind the AfD in the state election.
Haseloff defended the CDU’s plan at an event in Halle.
The CDU plans to leave the chamber during the first two rounds of Siegmund’s bid for minister-president.
- Siegmund vote
- Planned for December
- Required support
- At least 42 votes
- BSW position
- Plans to abstain
- Rausch vote
- Received four votes more than the AfD’s 39 and BSW’s 5 representatives combined
- Haseloff’s term
- Minister-president from 2011 to 2026
What people are saying
I consider this approach, so as not to provoke insinuations again, quite appropriate.
Otherwise, we would already have a new state government.
Two women in Berlin will now decide what happens in Saxony-Anhalt.
That is decided by Ms Weidel, that is decided by Ms Wagenknecht.