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Apollo News reported that AfD faction leader Ulrich Siegmund sharply criticized the planned election boycott by the CDU in Saxony-Anhalt. He accused the Christian Democrats of avoiding the election for the prime minister and offered talks again on MDR. CDU politician Sepp Müller described Siegmund's conduct as "highly indecent." https://t.co/OhfbkOTOOJ #Politik #SachsenAnhalt #Wahlboykott (translated)

GFrei.News reported that Sven Schulze leaves the room in fear as soon as Ulrich Siegmund enters, and speculates that CDU representatives also left the room during the election of the Minister President. This could prevent a CDU representative from voting according to their conscience, as required by the Basic Law, according to the article. The tactic could work in the first two ballots, provided that the BSW does not vote for Siegmund, GFrei.News explained. A majority of all members of the state parliament is needed for this. In the third round of voting, however, only a majority of those present is required, which is why the AfD would then surely win – unless the CDU is back in the room and Schulze has control over his representatives. GFrei.News claimed that Schulze and his ministers could remain in office throughout the entire legislative period if the CDU successfully stays absent, since the AfD would need a two-thirds majority for a new election. Schulze is apparently trying to continue governing for five years without an election in this way, the account wrote. https://t.co/VLjBRwCQuR #Ministerpräsidentenwahl #Demokratie #CDU (translated)

Apollo News reported that the CDU disciplined possible dissenters: In the parliamentary meeting in Saxony-Anhalt, no member dared to vote against the boycott of the prime minister election. Therefore, the CDU representatives would not participate in the secret vote. https://t.co/80szSiEAjm #CDU #Politik #SachsenAnhalt (translated)

Ulrich Siegmund wrote that the election loser Sven Schulze apparently wants to draw on his behavior on election night during the election for the Prime Minister and evade responsibility again. Siegmund stated that he and his colleagues are concerned about Saxony-Anhalt, the problems of the state, and concrete solutions. Therefore, they would govern, he wrote. #SachsenAnhalt #Politik #Wahlen (translated)

Severin Tatarczyk wrote that CDU representatives in Saxony-Anhalt, according to a proposal, should follow the first two rounds of voting for the election of the Minister President from the plenary hall and return only for the third. He stated that the required majority would remain the same in the first two rounds even without the CDU, while their lack of opposing votes in the third round could help the AfD candidate succeed. Tatarczyk criticized the approach as a politically humiliating spectacle and wrote that the faction wanted to avoid suspicion of dissenting votes. However, when returning for the third round, the problem of potential dissenters would still remain; in tight majority situations, even an abstention could be decisive. He also estimated that Siegmund would try to take political advantage of the situation, possibly aiming for a new election. #CDU #SachsenAnhalt #Ministerpräsidentenwahl (translated)

The AfD stated that the CDU leadership in Saxony-Anhalt had ordered its faction to leave the plenary chamber during the election of the prime minister out of concern for dissenters. This action harms parliamentary democracy and devalues the free mandate of the deputies, the AfD explained. https://t.co/C1TIN5jPfo #Demokratie #Politik #SachsenAnhalt (translated)

Faction leader Sven Schulze and parliamentary manager Stefan Ruland announced that the CDU faction will make a decision on Tuesday. According to Schulze and Ruland, the allegations against members of their faction have since crossed borders. #CDU #SachsenAnhalt #Ministerpräsidentenwahl (translated)

Steffan Nethe criticized the proposal of the CDU parliamentary leadership in Saxony-Anhalt to leave the room together before the secret election of the Minister President. He wrote that the leadership wanted to prevent members from their own ranks from voting for the candidate of the strongest party. Nethe described the proposal as a sign of panic and accused the members of avoiding a parliamentary vote. In his view, this behavior contradicts democracy and the free mandate according to the Basic Law. He also stated that it further undermines trust in the CDU and is a "bankruptcy declaration for the rule of law." At the same time, he pointed out that the AfD is becoming stronger, in his estimation, with each election. #SachsenAnhalt #Demokratie #CDU (translated)

It says everything about the #CDU in Saxony-Anhalt that, as a consequence of the dilemma of possibly having elected Tobias Rausch and maybe Tillschneider, they are now calling for a boycott of the election for the Minister-President. There's hardly any greater distrust towards one's own people. Utterly cowardly. (translated)

Apollo News wrote that CDU representatives in Saxony-Anhalt likely voted for the AfD state parliament president. According to this, the Christian Democrats wanted to prevent a repeat of the election for prime minister in December. To achieve this, the faction should leave the plenary chamber together during the secret vote. https://t.co/g1n1v6CbHK #CDU #SachsenAnhalt #Politik (translated)

Apollo News reported that the Bavarian constitutional judge and left-wing internet lawyer Chan-jo Jun urged CDU representatives to rule out cooperation with the AfD before the election of the Prime Minister in Saxony-Anhalt through a "penal notice of cessation." https://t.co/1eU6TQ88Nb https://t.co/ijsfogPxIS #SachsenAnhalt #CDU #AfD (translated)

Tobias Rausch was elected as the first AfD parliamentary president of Germany, which supports Ulrich Siegmund's power plans for the upcoming prime ministerial election in December and has shown that the AfD may be able to mobilize votes beyond its own members. #AfD #TobiasRausch #UlrichSiegmund (translated)

Apollo News reported that ahead of the secret prime minister election in Magdeburg, rumors had increased that individual CDU MPs might support the AfD candidate Ulrich Siegmund. The CDU faction in Saxony-Anhalt appears to be deeply divided into two camps. https://t.co/bq22jnaJsf #CDU #SachsenAnhalt #Politik (translated)

Dass nun Politiker von CDU & Grünen offen sauer auf Manuela Schwesig sind, weil sie einen klaren Ministerpräsidentenwahlkampf macht, zeigt vor allem, wie sich das politische Geschäft um sich selbst dreht. Derselbe Stil war übrigens Grund für Haseloffs Erdrutschsieg gegen die AfD. #Politik #Ministerpräsident #Wahlen