NRW-Innenminister: Hüftbruch: CDU verschiebt Reuls Landtagswahl-Nominierung
Nach seinem Sturz muss NRW-Innenminister Herbert Reul pausieren. Die CDU verschiebt deshalb sogar die Nominierung ihres Direktkandidaten im Rheinisch-Bergischen Kreis.
NRW-Innenminister Herbert Reul (CDU) broke his hip, disrupting his party's plans for the Landtagswahl. Originally, Reul was set to be the direct candidate in the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis on Thursday. However, the election district members' assembly has been rescheduled, according to the Kreis-CDU. The decision to postpone was reportedly unanimously made by the acting district administration, the party explained: "As the deadline for submitting candidate proposals only ends in January 2027, the postponement is easily feasible."
The aim now is to hold the nomination assembly before Christmas. Reul had won the direct mandate for the CDU in election district 22 (Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis II) by a landslide in the last election, securing 51.1 percent of the first votes in 2022. He is popular beyond North Rhine-Westphalia's borders. On Friday, Reul tripped and broke his hip, which he underwent surgery for the same evening.
"Now it's all about training and, above all, being patient, which will be especially difficult for me," Reul was quoted saying post-surgery.
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