AfD votes? Union of values ​​to CDU head of government in Thuringia: "It doesn't matter who I am elected by"

Thuringia will not elect a new state parliament in September.

Values ​​Union boss Max Otte attacks the behavior of the CDU parliamentary group.

Cologne - The ultra-conservative values ​​union calls for a CDU candidate for the office of prime minister in Thuringia.

You have to be elected by all democratically legitimized members of the state parliament - including the AfD, said the new chairman Max Otte * on Monday of the German press agency.

"If I'm elected, I don't care who I'm elected by," said Otte.

"That's how I understand democracy."

A civil prime minister would correspond to the majority in the Thuringian state parliament.

"It would be right if the CDU put up its own candidate for a constructive vote of no confidence." Although one would have to rely on the AfD, it would still have a CDU prime minister.

Otte said he continued to stand by the fact that the Union of Values ​​did not work with either the AfD or the left.

But: “In a democratically legitimized parliament, you can still be elected by any member of the parliament.

The election of a CDU Prime Minister, also with votes from the AfD, is a thoroughly democratic process. "

AfD votes?

Union of values ​​to CDU head of government in Thuringia: "It doesn't matter who I am elected by"

Nobody can force the newly elected prime minister into a coalition with an unloved party.

“The new minority government would be a CDU minority government.

It would be up to you to organize new elections immediately. "

The Thuringian state parliament decided on Friday on a vote of no confidence that the AfD parliamentary group had pushed against Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow (left).

The parliamentary groups of the Left, SPD, Greens and FDP voted unanimously with no.

As announced, the CDU MPs stayed in their seats and did not vote - which had already brought them a lot of criticism.

Otte criticized the behavior of the CDU parliamentary group in Thuringia. "They are chosen to vote and not to control each other," said the economist. “The CDU members refuse to work.”