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NRW Constitutional Court on flood file dispute

The Constitutional Court of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia will hear the dispute over the failure to submit files to the flood disaster investigation committee on February 20. This was announced by the court in Münster on Wednesday. The plaintiffs in the dispute between organs are three...

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Files lie on the table. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de
Files lie on the table. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de

Procedure - NRW Constitutional Court on flood file dispute

The Constitutional Court of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia will hear the dispute over the failure to submit files to the flood disaster investigation committee on February 20. This was announced by the court in Münster on Wednesday. The plaintiffs in the dispute between organs are three SPD members of parliament. The Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry (PUA) of the NRW state parliament is to investigate possible omissions, misjudgements and errors by the state government during the flood disaster in July 2021.

The applicants want the Constitutional Court to establish that the Ministry of Homeland, Municipal Affairs, Building and Digitalization, led by Ina Scharrenbach (CDU), violated the state constitution by failing to submit requested files following an application on 4 November 2022.

The time period is disputed. Scharren points out that the new committee of inquiry (PUA II) relates exclusively to the period during the flood disaster. In the committee of the previous legislative period, on the other hand, the mandate also referred to the time "before" and "after" the disaster. The SPD parliamentary group criticizes the fact that Scharrenbach provided the new committee with just ten pages of documents and believes that the investigation period covers the period from 9 July to 9 September 2021.

Communication from the Constitutional Court

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  1. The SPD members from North Rhine-Westphalia's state parliament are involved in a dispute with the Ministry of Homeland, led by Ina Scharrenbach (CDU), regarding the failure to submit files to the flood disaster investigation committee.
  2. The Constitutional Court of North Rhine-Westphalia will review this dispute on February 20, as stated by the court in Munster.
  3. The SPD parliamentary group argues that Scharrenbach violated the state constitution by not submitting the requested files following an application on November 4, 2022.
  4. Scharrenbach counters that the new committee of inquiry only investigates the period during the flood disaster, while the mandate of the previous committee also covered the time before and after the disaster.
  5. The SPD members believe that the investigation period extends from July 9 to September 9, 2021, but Scharrenbach only provided the new committee with ten pages of documents.
  6. This dispute revolves around the flood disaster that occurred in July 2021, which the Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry (PUA) in North Rhine-Westphalia's state parliament is investigating for potential omissions, misjudgments, and errors by the state government.

Source: www.stern.de

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