In the course of dealing with the flood disaster in the Ahr Valley in mid-July, the district administrator was also suspected of not having acted early enough. Now he is being retired.
The district administrator in the Ahrweiler district, which was hard hit by the fatal flood disaster, Jürgen Pföhler (CDU), will be retired at the end of October.
This was announced by his deputy Horst Gies (CDU) on Friday, citing the Supervision and Service Directorate (ADD) in Trier. A successor must be elected no later than three months later, Gies said, according to a statement in a district council meeting. The ADD will set the election date.
The 63-year-old district administrator Pföhler had after the flash flood on July 14th and 15th with 133 fatalities in the Ahr valley in Rhineland-Palatinate after extremely heavy rain and then submitted an application for permanent incapacity. The Koblenz public prosecutor’s office is investigating him and another member of his crisis team. It is about the initial suspicion of negligent homicide and negligent bodily harm due to neglect due to possible late warnings and evacuations.
Pföhler appealed for a prudent assessment of the events during the flood. According to the public prosecutor’s office, during a raid in the Ahrweiler district administration, he said he saw no criminal responsibility. According to him, his own house was also affected by the disaster. In order to clarify the flood disaster in July in northern Rhineland-Palatinate, an investigation committee of the Mainz state parliament was set up.
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