Process - AfD fails with lawsuit on police training
Hessian AfD members of the state parliament have failed with their constitutional complaint in connection with police training in the state before the State Court. This was announced by the court in Wiesbaden on Tuesday. The case concerns the state law passed in 2021 to establish the Hessian University for Public Management and Security, which offers courses for police and administrative professions.
The AfD had criticized in an application for a review of the law that the law was formally unconstitutional in view of the former corona restrictions in the state parliament. The state parliament had not been able to deliberate and there had been no public consultation.
The State Court did not follow this argument. The ability to deliberate had been established by the President at the beginning of the plenary sessions and had not been questioned in the further course. Individual visitors and journalists had also been granted access in principle. Under the influence of the coronavirus pandemic, there had been a change in seating arrangements in the state parliament, according to which not all members of parliament could be present in the plenary chamber. The visitors' program was suspended.
According to a court spokeswoman, a decision has not yet been made on another joint complaint by the SPD and FDP opposition in the state parliament regarding the law. The SPD and FDP believe that the university's academic freedom is at risk.
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- Despite the failure of the AfD's constitutional complaint regarding police training in Hesse, the state court is yet to rule on a joint complaint from the SPD and FDP opposition.
- The AfD argued that the Hessian University for Public Management and Security law, passed in 2021, was unconstitutional due to coronavirus restrictions during state parliament deliberations.
- The legislation, which offers courses for police and administrative professions, was challenged by the AfD for not allowing adequate public consultation when the state parliament was unable to meet.
- Ruling against the AfD, the State Court in Wiesbaden agreed that the state parliament president established the ability to deliberate, and no formal objections were raised during the proceedings.
- The coronavirus impacted seating arrangements in the state parliament, allowing fewer members to be present during plenary chambers, but visitors and journalists were still granted access to some extent.
- In Hesse, the legal battle surrounding the university's founding continues with the SPD and FDP opposing the law, claiming concerns over the establishment's academic freedom.
- The corona-related measures taken in the Hessian state parliament did not hinder the legitimate police training process, according to the judgment from the Constitutional Court in Wiesbaden, thereby dismissing the AfD's complaint.
Source: www.stern.de
