Constitutional Court: AfD complaint regarding state headquarters
The AfD parliamentary group has been trying for a long time to send a representative to the Board of Trustees of the State Agency for Civic Education - and has repeatedly failed due to resistance from the other parliamentary groups in the state parliament, who have failed the AfD candidates every time. On Monday (11.00 a.m.), the Constitutional Court of the state of Baden-Württemberg will now deal with the matter. A ruling is not expected until a few weeks later.
The AfD parliamentary group had filed a lawsuit against the rejection of its candidates by the state parliament. The AfD argues that this would compromise its rights to effective control of the government and equal treatment of parliamentary groups.
The AfD parliamentary group last failed in mid-October to have a candidate elected to the board of trustees of the state headquarters. Both proposed candidates were rejected by a clear majority at the time. According to the state parliament administration, this was the eighth election.
The board of trustees is supposed to ensure the non-partisan nature of the state headquarters. Last year, the Greens declared that the elected AfD representatives had recently misused their office to malign the state headquarters. At the time, the AfD had announced that it would repeatedly try to put the election on the agenda.
The AfD's complaint about the repeated rejections of their candidates for the Board of Trustees of the State Agency for Civic Education is based on the belief that it infringes upon their constitutional right to effective control of the government and equal treatment of parliamentary groups. The ongoing issue of electing an AfD representative to the board will be discussed by the Baden-Württemberg Constitutional Court's processes, which may influence the educational processes and how parliament functions in the state.
Source: www.dpa.com
