Markus Haintz referred to a post by Auf1 on Telegram and wrote that AfD member Hans-Thomas Tillschneider had been elected as the first vice president of the new parliament of Saxony-Anhalt. In a secret ballot, he received 44 yes votes, five more than the AfD could have mustered alone with its 39 members. According to Haintz, the BSW had announced before the meeting that they would not vote for Tillschneider. Deputy faction leader Claudia Wittig stated: “Rausch yes, Tillschneider no.” If the BSW stuck to this, at least five votes must have come from members of the CDU, SPD, Greens, or Left Party. However, due to the secret ballot, it could not be determined who voted for Tillschneider, Haintz wrote. He assessed the result as a sign that the so-called firewall had already failed to hold during the first parliamentary session. Besides parliamentary president Tobias Rausch, Tillschneider was also elected to the presidency with votes from outside the AfD. #SachsenAnhalt #Landtag #Politik (translated)