As of: January 24, 2024, 12:03 p.m
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So far, Bavaria's state parliament president, Ilse Aigner, has remained silent about the AfD's plans to harm her.
Now she spoke directly to AfD parliamentary group deputy Böhm in a speech.
Munich - State Parliament President Ilse Aigner has so far remained silent about the fact that the Bavarian AfD was toying with the idea of publicly discrediting her.
The CSU politician took her speech on Wednesday on the day of remembrance for the victims of National Socialism in the Bavarian state parliament as an opportunity to condemn the intrigue: “This is outrageous,” she said in the direction of AfD parliamentary group vice-president Martin Böhm.
“A deputy parliamentary group leader found the aim of damaging me personally 'charming'.
In favor of a suspected agitator and Himmler admirer,” Aigner explained to the state parliament.
“He even admitted that openly on stage,” continued the 59-year-old: “That’s a new quality.”
AfD state deputy Martin Böhm (pictured left, middle) and MP Daniel Halemba (next to) during the speech by Ilse Aigner (right, archive photo) in the Bavarian state parliament.
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AfD man Böhm wanted Halemba arrested in the state parliament in order to damage Aigner
In an email to AfD members, Böhm thought out loud about what he described as a “charming” idea of provoking the arrest of AfD MP Daniel Halemba in the Bavarian state parliament.
At the time, Halemba was wanted on an arrest warrant on suspicion of sedition and had gone into hiding.
As he himself admitted, Böhm had advised Halemba to allow himself to be arrested at the inaugural session of the new state parliament on October 30, 2023.
Aigner would have had to give the police permission to do this.
Since Halemba was found by the police a few hours before the meeting, this did not happen.
Specifically, Böhm had written in his email, to which he himself acknowledged: “The idea of continuing to work on the de-legitimization of Aigner and having an even more polarizing effect on the citizens by arresting H. at the entrance to the plenary hall was at least charming.” Damaging Aigner was a “legitimate political goal,” he continued.
Aigner warns: AfD probably wanted to “stir up hatred”.
Aigner told Böhm on Wednesday in the state parliament that he had come up with the plan "probably because of the images, the outrage and the hatred that you could have stirred up."
The deputy parliamentary group leader of the AfD himself justified his behavior in a TV interview by saying that Aigner did not take off her “party-political glasses” in her speeches as state parliament president and thus damaged the AfD.
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It was assumed that “I would hate the AfD,” said Aigner in her speech. “But I don’t hate.” Her heart beats for parliamentarism and democracy.
“As a true patriot, I will continue to speak out when I see these values threatened.”
Aigner receives applause from all factions except the AfD
Aigner received great applause from all factions for her words - Böhm and Halemba did not clap.
The Bavarian state parliament wants to condemn the AfD's actions in the Halemba case on Wednesday (January 24th) with an urgent motion from all parliamentary groups except the AfD.
According to a survey, the AfD is currently suffering its biggest poll loss in two years.
(smu)