Decision: CDU faction leader Voigt elected to the Thuringian party leadership

Decision: CDU faction leader Voigt elected to the Thuringian party leadership

Mario Voigt was elected chairman of the Thuringian CDU. He is considered to be the likely top candidate for the next state elections.

The chairman of Thuringia’s CDU parliamentary group, Mario Voigt, has been elected chairman of the Thuringian CDU. The 45-year-old, who had no opposing candidate, received 85.2 percent of the votes cast at a party conference in Pößneck (Saale-Orla district) on Saturday. In the dual role of opposition leader in parliament in Erfurt and party leader, Voigt is the likely top candidate for the 2024 state elections. In two years, the CDU wants to return to government, he said.

One day before the election, Voigt’s MP immunity was lifted by the state parliament’s judiciary committee for investigations by the public prosecutor. “There’s nothing to it.” The party can rely on him, said Voigt at the party conference. According to his own statements, he does not yet know what he is accused of in detail. So far he has heard that it should be about his sideline activities. There is talk of possible benefits among members of the state parliament. The public prosecutor’s office has not yet commented on the direction in which they are investigating.

In addition to his seat in the state parliament, Voigt is a professor at a university in Berlin and has a consulting firm in Jena that focuses primarily on digital communication. He is also said to have been involved in digital campaign projects. At the party congress, the entire executive board is re-elected.

Source: Stern

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