There is a special session in the Bavarian state parliament today on the affair surrounding an anti-Semitic leaflet. According to the Greens and the SPD, Aiwanger’s handling of the affair makes him intolerable for his office.
The Greens and the SPD failed in their request to dismiss Deputy Prime Minister Hubert Aiwanger at the special session in the Bavarian state parliament on the leaflet affair. On Thursday, 19 MPs voted in favor of the application in the interim committee, 32 voted against it, as the chairman of the committee, Thomas Kreuzer, announced. So there were no abstentions.
Applications from the Greens and SPD as well as the FDP to question Prime Minister Markus Söder and his deputy Aiwanger had previously been rejected by the CSU and Free Voters with their majority in the committee.
The Greens and the SPD had justified the request for Aiwanger’s dismissal by saying that his explanations regarding the allegations surrounding an anti-Semitic leaflet from his school days were “completely inadequate”. His handling of the affair makes him unbearable for his office, Aiwanger harms Bavaria’s reputation in the world.
The interim committee is responsible for advising on urgent matters in Bavaria shortly before the state elections. It currently has 51 members.
Source: Stern
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