The AfD politician Bert Matthias Gärtner was elected to the constitutional court of Baden-Württemberg – in the third attempt. The criticism is great across party lines.
Bert Matthias Gärtner failed in two rounds of voting, and it has now worked in the third attempt: The state parliament in Baden-Württemberg elected the candidate of the AfD parliamentary group for the state’s constitutional court on Wednesday – although the largest proportion of the vote is due to abstentions. That reported the.
AfD politician Gärtner fails two ballots
The AfD politician becomes a deputy member without qualifications in the judicial office, as state parliament vice-president Wolfgang Reinhart (CDU) announced. According to this, Gärtner received 37 yes-votes in the third ballot, 32 MPs voted no and 77 abstained. Previously, the applicant from the AfD parliamentary group failed in two ballots in July.
Gärtner accepted the election and was sworn in. The Constitutional Court of Baden-Württemberg is composed of nine judges: three professional judges, three with the qualification to hold judicial office and three without this qualification. The state parliament elects the members and their respective deputies for nine years. Gärtner will be represented at the Court of Justice as an unqualified alternate member of the judiciary.
Six posts now had to be filled, as the “Stuttgarter Zeitung” reported. The candidate from the CDU and four applicants from the Greens had previously been confirmed. The court decides, for example, on the interpretation of the state constitution, referendums and disputes in referendums.
“This choice is a shame”
The choice of Gärtner was condemned across parties. Both the many abstentions and the support from other groups beyond the AfD – which holds 17 seats in the state parliament – were criticized.
“With AfD candidates you say ‘no’. Always,” commented Cem Özdemir on Twitter, member of the Bundestag for Stuttgart and former co-party leader of the Greens.
“Yesterday, the AfD candidate was elected in the state parliament with votes from other parliamentary groups (…),” commented Sascha Binder, member of the SPD state parliament, on Twitter. “I’m still horrified!”
“This choice is a shame”,. “The browns will respect everything, but certainly not this constitution.”
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