High Administrative Court - Appointment of judges: Opposition requests current hour
The dispute over the appointment of the head of the North Rhine-Westphalian Higher Administrative Court will once again occupy parliament. The opposition has requested a current affairs debate on the case for this Friday. The background to this is that the head of the state chancellery, Nathanael Liminski (CDU), stated during questioning in parliament on Wednesday evening that he had spoken to two of the three candidates for the post of court president himself.
Both had approached him and he had the impression that they had each wanted to promote themselves as the right candidate for the position, said Liminski. In his view, this was a legitimate reason for making contact.
The opposition sees this as fuelling suspicions of hanky-panky and political influence. Liminski denied this. He had not intervened in the procedure and had not become active after the talks. He had not cast a vote on the appointment and would not trust himself to do so. There are experts for that.
NRW Justice Minister Benjamin Limbach (Greens) is accused of having helped an acquaintance and former judge colleague to one of the highest judicial offices in the state. The cabinet decided on the appointment on August 8. Two administrative courts had subsequently halted the appointment because the unsuccessful applicants had filed a lawsuit. The Higher Administrative Court itself must now decide on the matter.
Limbach says that the applicant emerged as the best candidate from the evaluation process carried out by his company's HR department. He had accepted the vote without any changes and had no particular close relationship with her. He also contradicted reports that he had advised the two losing candidates to withdraw their applications before the evaluation process was completed.
Question time in parliament, Liminski's statements from 6.45 pm
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- The controversy surrounding the appointment of the head of the Higher Administrative Court in North Rhine-Westphalia has led the opposition to call for a current affairs debate in the State parliament.
- The CDU's Nathanael Liminski, the head of the state chancellery, admitted during questioning in parliament that he had conversations with two of the three candidates for the court presidency, implying a self-promotion mindset from both candidates.
- The CDU's Benjamin Limbach, the NRW Justice Minister, is under scrutiny for allegedly aiding an acquaintance and former judge colleague to a prestigious judicial position in the state.
- The proceedings of the Higher Administrative Court in Düsseldorf will now decide whether the controversial appointment will be finalized or not, after the two unsuccessful applicants filed a lawsuit against the cabinet's decision made on August 8.
Source: www.stern.de
