The 22-year-old AfD politician Daniel Halemba would be the youngest member of the Bavarian state parliament. But now he is wanted with an arrest warrant. Members of parliament actually enjoy immunity from the start of the first state parliament session – although that will not take place until next Monday.
The AfD politician Daniel Halemba, who was recently elected to the Bavarian state parliament, is wanted by the Würzburg public prosecutor’s office with an arrest warrant. A spokesman for the investigative authority confirmed this to the German Press Agency on Saturday. “For tactical reasons, we don’t want to say anything about the exact accusation or the reason for the arrest,” said the spokesman. Halemba has not yet been found.
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AfD: MP Daniel Halemba should be “imprisoned on flimsy grounds”
Halemba could not immediately be reached for comment on Saturday. The AfD had already announced on Friday that one of its MPs was wanted with an arrest warrant, but without mentioning the name. “An arrest warrant has been issued against a newly elected AfD member of the Bavarian state parliament,” she said simply. This should be “imprisoned on a flimsy justification,” emphasized AfD parliamentary group leader Katrin Ebner-Steiner.
Members of parliament generally enjoy immunity. However, this will only begin to take effect with the constituent meeting next Monday. The 22-year-old Halemba would be the youngest politician in the Bavarian state parliament. The new state parliament is scheduled to be constituted on Monday. It is currently unclear whether the arrest warrant against him can be executed by then.
Public prosecutor’s office is investigating members of the “Teutonia Prague zu Würzburg fraternity”
It became known some time ago that the public prosecutor’s office was investigating him and other members of the student association “Burschenschaft Teutonia Prague zu Würzburg”. There was a raid there in September. There were allegations such as incitement to hatred and the use of symbols of anti-constitutional organizations. According to the public prosecutor’s office, there was a suspicion that there could be objects with symbols of the National Socialist Party, NSDAP, as well as stickers and writings of a racist nature in the fraternity’s fraternity house.
Source: Stern
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