Parties - AfD party executive: Association should kick Halemba out of the party
The AfD party leadership is distancing itself from its Bavarian member of parliament Daniel Halemba. The 22-year-old is accused of incitement of the people, among other things. A party spokesperson announced on Tuesday that the federal executive committee had asked the Bavarian AfD state executive committee to initiate expulsion proceedings against Halemba.
The party executive had discussed the Halemba case in Berlin on Monday evening. The public prosecutor's office in Würzburg is investigating the MP for incitement of the people and the use of symbols of anti-constitutional organizations. The 22-year-old student, who last lived in Würzburg, rejects the accusations.
The state executive of the AfD in Bavaria initially did not wish to comment on the request from Berlin. When asked, its chairman Stephan Protschka merely stated that the issue was on the agenda for the state executive committee meeting on Thursday.
Last week, it became known that the Bavarian Office for the Protection of the Constitution has been monitoring the Teutonia Prag fraternity in Würzburg, of which Halemba is a member, since the beginning of December. This also applies to the AfD as a whole party in Bavaria.
According to the public prosecutor's office in Würzburg, a guest book was confiscated from the fraternity's house during a raid in September. It contained the entry "Sieg Heil", signed with Halemba's name. In the room occupied by the 22-year-old, a printout of an SS order issued by SS chief Heinrich Himmler in October 1939 with a so-called double sigrune was discovered.
"The activitas of the Teutonia Prag fraternity in Würzburg is an object of observation by the Bavarian State Office for the Protection of the Constitution," the Office for the Protection of the Constitution announced. There are sufficiently strong indications that the activities of the fraternity are directed against the free democratic basic order, it said.
The fraternity had stored propaganda material from the right-wing extremist Identitarian Movement on its premises. In doing so, it had emphatically supported the right-wing extremist efforts of this movement. In addition, right-wing extremist music had been played in the fraternity house.
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- The public prosecutor's office in Munich is also investigating Halemba for potential involvement in extremist activities within his fraternity, the Teutonia Prag.
- The AfD faces criticism in Germany for its alleged tolerance of extremism, with parties calling for stricter measures to ensure compliance with the constitution.
- Halemba's case has sparked a debate in German politics about the role of parties in promoting tolerance and protecting the country's democratic values, with calls for the AfD to take a stronger stance against extremism.
- The Bavarian state government has also weighed in on the situation, with Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder calling for the AfD to distance itself from members who promote hatred or extremism.
- Daniel Halemba's expulsion from the AfD party would not be the first time a party member has faced consequences for promoting hate speech or extremist ideologies in Germany.
- The challenge for parties like the AfD is to balance their political goals with their responsibilities to uphold the constitution and promote a inclusive and tolerant society in Germany.
Source: www.stern.de
