The incidents after a corona demo in front of the Reichstag could also make waves in Bavaria: of all people, a constitutional judge was seen at the rally.
Berlin / Munich
- The events in front of the
Berlin Reichstag building
on Saturday worried many people: Reich flags waved in front of the seat of the German Bundestag - later demonstrators even tried to break into the historically significant building.
Policemen prevented worse.
In addition to
Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier
,
Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU)
joined the large ranks of admonishers and critics on Sunday
.
In view of the events at the Corona demonstration, Söder spoke of a "relapse into the darkest chapter of our history".
Not only “physical, but also mental distance” is necessary here.
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For many politicians a massive breach of taboo: Reich flags waved in front of the Reichstag on Saturday - a Bavarian constitutional judge was also to be seen at the rally.
© Fabian Sommer / dpa
But explosively, of
all people
, an
honorary judge of
the
Bavarian Constitutional Court
did not keep this distance in front of the Berlin Reichstag building - in any case physically, as photos in social networks initially showed.
The AfD local politician and non-professional constitutional
judge Rüdiger Imgart
confirmed his presence on Sunday evening
Merkur.de
* on request.
However, he defended himself against allegations.
Corona demos in Berlin: Honorary Bavarian constitutional judge in front of the Reichstag - Conversation with Pegida activist?
The recording is explosive.
It can be seen that Imgart
stands in
front of the Reichstag building between demonstrators
without mouth and nose protection
.
In the background several
imperial
flags are waved.
According to information from the website “Endstation rechts.
Bavaria ”, Imgart was in conversation with a“ central activist ”from Pegida Munich. The group has been observed by the Bavarian Office for the Protection of the Constitution since 2015.
Rüdiger Imgart (AfD Weilheim-Schongau), lawyer & judge at the Bavarian Constitutional Court (!) At the rally of # Reichsbürger, right-wing radicals, neo-Nazis and #QAnons.
Later that day, the stairs in front of the Reichstag were stormed out of it.
# b2908 # berlin2908 #noafd pic.twitter.com/dhj06NHQJE
- Right end of the line.
(@ER_Bayern) August 30, 2020
Some time later, several protesters tried to break into the
Reichstag building
.
Imgart,
confronted
by
Merkur.de
* with the recording, explicitly
sees
no problem in his presence.
Corona demos in Berlin: Honorary constitutional judge in front of the Reichstag - he sees "no conflict" with his work
Imgart explained that he had attended the
demonstration by the lateral thinking group
, which was
approved
after much back and forth
, in order to “get an idea of this event and especially the number of participants”.
On the way to Berlin Central Station, he noticed the event at the Reichstag and followed the statements of
TV chef Attila Hildmann for
"another five minutes"
-
Hildmann
, known as a conspiracy theorist, had "made up quite a lot of nonsense," said Imgart.
During the following address he left the premises again.
Berlin: Constitutional judge at Reichstag demo: only "five minutes"?
Eyewitness claims to have seen Irmgart longer
Nevertheless, Imgart
claims to
have seen
an eyewitness
from at least 4:37 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
on the grounds in front of the Reichstag, as he explained to our editorial team with reference to the corresponding photo data.
The recordings in question are available to
Merkur.de
*. "
Imgart told
Merkur.de
*
that there is no conflict with his work at the Constitutional Court
.
He had neither “demonstrated with any flags” or “agreed to any obscure demands”: “On the contrary: I left the event at very short notice”.
Hildmann's demand, already expressed at that time, that
demonstrators * be allowed into the Reichstag building
had gone decidedly too far for him.
Imgart has been an AfD member since March 2013, as he
explained
some time ago in an interview with the
Weilheimer Tagblatt
*
.
The
lawyer
later ran
in
the Weilheim-Schongau district
as a direct candidate for the state parliament.
“I said I would do it once.
My reputation is now ruined, but I can afford that, also financially, "he explained in the conversation.
In the meantime he was
sworn in
as a
"non-professional constitutional judge"
at the suggestion of the AfD
.
It
remains to be seen
whether the parties in the Bavarian state parliament
will
also find
Imgart's visit to
the
demonstration
unproblematic.
Even his presence could definitely be interpreted as “agreement” with the demands made - despite a statement to the contrary.
After his clear demand for physical and mental distance between representatives of the Free State and demonstrators with extreme positions, attention could also be directed towards
Prime Minister Markus Söder
.
Berlin: Apparently also police officers from Bavaria as Corona speakers - SPD demands clarification from Söder's government
Imgart's stay at the Corona demo in front of the Reichstag is not the only incident from the weekend that will be discussed in Bavaria.
At further Corona rallies in the capital, Bavarian police officers may have made speeches again.
In the case of the police officers, the Bavarian SPD asked for clarification on Sunday afternoon.
"If the reports come true, the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior will have to face severe consequences," said the right-wing extremism expert of the parliamentary group,
Florian Ritter
, in a statement also published on Facebook.
In a request to Söder's state government, the SPD politician asked for clarification as to whether and how many Bavarian police officers spoke at the rallies - and in what role in the police they work.
There had already been excitement about speakers from the ranks of the police at Corona demos.
Among other things, an explosive case from Hanover made headlines.
Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) was also attacked by Corona opponents at the weekend - apparently there was even spitting during an election campaign.
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.
She attended the Corona demo in Berlin and called in sick shortly afterwards.
However, the employee of a retirement home kept silent about her participation in the demo.
Now she has been fired.
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