Kommentar: Die Wahl von Magdeburg ist mehr als ein Stresstest für die Demokratie
Das Amt des Landtagspräsidenten in Sachsen-Anhalt liegt nun in den Händen einer Partei, die diesen Staat verachtet. Aber es ist vor allem eine Zeitenwende, die eine Antwort braucht.
The selection of Tobias Rausch as Landtagspräsident in Sachsen-Anhalt, following the electoral outcome, is not a matter of political normalcy. The AfD has secured the highest office in the state, coming together with support from the BSW and other parties, resulting in a clear majority. However, the AfD is not a typical party. It is classified as severely right-wing extremist by the Verfassungsschutz.
Holding the office of Landtagspräsident now falls into the hands of a party that has little regard for this state. They are entrusted with safeguarding an institution that they likely wish to abolish. The AfD's typical battle rhetoric against the democratic system rings all too familiar, starting with terms like "system parties," "block parties," "old parties," and the parliament as a "bullpen."
That is why elected AfD representative Ulrich Siegmund even speaks of a watershed, but in a more ominous sense. The party did not only deploy everything in the campaign to vilify the political opponent and torpedo parliamentary debates with interruptions and inexcusable speeches.
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