AfD and the protection of the constitution: Höcke and Urban present expert reports against observation

The AfD bosses of Thuringia and Saxony, Björn Höcke and Jörg Urban, are involved in the litigation with the protection of the constitution with the classification and observation of their party. Specifically, the report refers to the handling of the protection of the constitution with AfD MPs in Thuringia and Saxony. Höcke also sees this a contribution to the entire party in the legal dispute with the domestic secret service.

The paper of the constitutional lawyer Michael Elicker concludes that “all measures affected by the exercise of the mandate are” prohibited “, among other things, of the constitutional protection. It is argued with the so -called DABNTITION for MPs in the state constitutions of Thuringia and Saxony.

There it says: MPs should never be held in court or business persecuted for voting or statements in the exercise of their mandate or otherwise held responsible outside of the state parliament. This does not apply to defamation insults. According to the AfD report, the regulation in conjunction with earlier case law of the Federal Constitutional Court also excludes an observation by the protection of the constitution.

Criticism by Thuringia’s Interior Minister

Thuringia’s Interior Minister Georg Maier (SPD) considers the AfD report not to be valid. He told the broadcaster World TV that the protection of the constitution is acting on both federal and state levels according to law and law. The paper was “a bit most likely to be created by an expert who is very close to the AfD,” said Maier. However, he emphasized that the report must of course be legally assessed.

AfD state chiefs and federal executives advise in the evening

At the presentation of the paper in Berlin, Höcke said: “I assume that the federal level will integrate this expert opinion into its jurisdiction.” According to his and urban information, the AfD federal executive board and the AfD state chiefs in the evening in Berlin advise on the further procedure in the legal dispute with the Federal Constitutional Protection.

At the beginning of the month, the Bundes-AfD had classified right-wing extremist. On the other hand, she defends herself legally. Until a decision by the responsible administrative court of Cologne via a corresponding urgent application by the party, the domestic secret service has put the new classification back on hold. The AfD is initially only led as a so -called suspicion and continued to be observed accordingly. In Saxony, Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg, the constitutional protection authorities have classified the respective AfD state associations as secure right-wing extremist.

Höcke spoke of “sniffing of the constitution” in opposition parties, “which are completely peaceful”, urban of impairment of free opinion formation and stigmatization. The approval values ​​for the AfD could be significantly larger without it, he said.