Björn Höcke congratulated Tobias Rausch for being elected as the first AfD politician to the president of the state parliament. Höcke wrote that it used to be a parliamentary custom for the office to be given to the strongest party after an election and described the implementation of the voters' will in Saxony-Anhalt as a return to political normality. At the same time, he stated that a neutral conduct of the state parliament president was no longer a given in other German parliaments, including the Bundestag. Höcke saw it as a positive sign that Rausch received 48 votes, while AfD and BSW together have 44 seats. From this, he concluded that members of other parties had acted reasonably. He expressed hope that the blocking stance could be resolved and Ulrich Siegmund could be elected as the first Minister President in December. #AfD #Politik #SachsenAnhalt (translated)