Parliament - Parliamentary groups launch initiative on the "G10 Commission"
The important "G10 Commission" of the Hessian state parliament is to include experts who are not members of parliament in future. The committee decides on certain surveillance measures by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution. With the new regulation, the procedure will be adapted to the predominantly uniform legal situation throughout Germany, explained CDU parliamentary group leader Ines Claus on Tuesday in Wiesbaden. The amendment to the law was introduced jointly with the Greens and the opposition SPD and FDP parliamentary groups.
The "G10 Commission" is currently made up of six members of parliament from the CDU, SPD and Greens - including three members and three deputy members. With the changed majority in the new Hessian state parliament, a representative of the AfD would also sit on the committee in future without any changes.
With the planned new regulation, appointments will not be made according to electoral arithmetic keys and party affiliation, but rather with a stronger focus on expertise and legal knowledge, said Claus. Judges or university professors, for example, could then be appointed in future.
At the beginning of a legislative period, around 60 new committees are appointed, as Claus explained. The AfD is represented in the vast majority of them. "However, it makes a difference whether we are talking about general committees or the G10 Commission," she emphasized. Among other things, this is where it is decided whether potential extremists are monitored. "No party that is being monitored by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution may be represented on this committee," said Claus.
"The regulations go beyond the pain thresholds of parliamentarianism," criticized the Parliamentary Secretary of the AfD parliamentary group, Frank Grobe. "A law is being changed specifically so that the AfD has no place there. This shows who is a democratic party here and who is not."
According to the amendment to the law, a fine is to be introduced in future for rowdy members of parliament. The President could set a payment of between 500 and 3,000 euros, according to the draft.
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- The AfD, being a part of the new majority in the Hessian state parliament, will gain a representative on the "G10 Commission" due to the changed regulations.
- The SPD and FDP, alongside the CDU and Greens, collaborated on introducing an amendment to the law, allowing for experts outside parliament to join the "G10 Commission".
- The FDP, a significant force in Hessian internal security discussions, will continue to contribute to the state parliament's deliberations on protection of the constitution matters.
- With the new regulation, appointments to the "G10 Commission" will prioritize expertise and legal knowledge over electoral arithmetic keys and party affiliation.
- The CDU parliamentary group leader, Ines Claus, emphasized that no party under surveillance by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution can be represented on the G10 Commission.
- The SPD parliamentary group, along with its collaborators, initiated a fine system for rowdy members of parliament, with the President setting penalties between 500 and 3,000 euros.
Source: www.stern.de
