In a Internal party conflict of the AfD in Thuringia over the list of candidates for the local elections Several local AfD politicians have had their state and parliamentary faction leaders expelled from the party Björn Höcke required. The reason is his support for an alternative list for the elections and the plan AfDto throw candidates out of the party, the newspaper reported Image.
“We are calling for his resignation and are preparing something,” the AfD mayoral candidate for Rudolstadt, Jörg Gasda, told the newspaper. Until now, everyone who didn’t want Höcke had to leave at some point. This mainly gathers yes-sayers around it. District council candidate Josef Kluy said: “Höcke’s behavior fits a narcissist, but has nothing to do with democratic customs. We don’t need to be thrown out of the party – if that’s the case, then he will.”
The background is a conflict over the candidates for the district council elections in Saalfeld-Rudolstadt. There, several AfD politicians around state parliament member Karlheinz Frosch had drawn up and submitted a list of candidates against Höcke’s wishes. The election authority confirmed this as valid.
Höcke supporters come up with their own list
The party’s state leadership subsequently initiated deportation proceedings against nine party members. They had “violated the party’s rules in a particularly serious manner and thus caused serious damage to it,” said a letter to the state arbitration court.
An AfD spokesman said those affected had “deliberately ignored or thwarted the decisions of the party committees.” They “submitted or facilitated the submission of a list of candidates in the name of the party without permission.” An application for party exclusion was the “logical, necessary” consequence, the spokesperson said.
Höcke’s supporters are now competing in Saalfeld-Rudolstadt with their own list. The municipal elections Thuringia will take place on May 26. Höcke is considered the most prominent representative of the party’s right wing. He was recently arrested for using an SA slogan sentenced to a fine of 13,000 euros.
In a Internal party conflict of the AfD in Thuringia over the list of candidates for the local elections Several local AfD politicians have had their state and parliamentary faction leaders expelled from the party Björn Höcke required. The reason is his support for an alternative list for the elections and the plan AfDto throw candidates out of the party, the newspaper reported Image.
“We are calling for his resignation and are preparing something,” the AfD mayoral candidate for Rudolstadt, Jörg Gasda, told the newspaper. Until now, everyone who didn’t want Höcke had to leave at some point. This mainly gathers yes-sayers around it. District council candidate Josef Kluy said: “Höcke’s behavior fits a narcissist, but has nothing to do with democratic customs. We don’t need to be thrown out of the party – if that’s the case, then he will.”