As of: February 8, 2024, 3:02 p.m
By: Nils Hinsberger
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A new district administrator is being elected in the Dithmarschen district.
The CDU accuses the SPD of approving votes from the AfD.
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Dithmarschen/Heide – Collaboration with the AfD?
Most parties in Germany have clearly distanced themselves from it.
However, isolated cases continue to occur in which resolutions are passed with votes from the AfD.
This was the case most recently in October of last year, when the CDU in Cottbus, together with the AfD, submitted a motion to limit the number of refugees.
Now there seems to be a new case in Schleswig-Holstein.
In the Dithmarschen district, AfD votes could decide a district election – a first for West Germany.
In the city of Heide, the incumbent district administrator Stefan Mohrdieck (independent) will face his opponent Thorben Schütt (CDU) on Thursday (February 8th).
For the CDU it is clear that Mohrdieck could only be elected with votes from the AfD, said
Spiegel
.
A result in the district election can be expected after the vote at 5 p.m.
SPD pilloried over possible district election results: “Obviously no problem with AfD votes”
In the run-up to the election, some parties are said to have already decided which candidate they will support.
The CDU wants to support its candidate almost unanimously.
One MP would vote for Mohrdieck, while the decision for another is still pending.
The SPD, on the other hand, wants to unite in helping the current incumbent to victory - which the CDU seems to dislike.
Stefan Mohrdieck, district administrator of the Dithmarschen district, is again running as a candidate for the district administrator position.
The CDU fears that he will be elected with votes from the AfD and is putting forward its own candidate.
© Axel Heimken/dpa
The Union party calculates: “I assume that the CDU parliamentary group will support Thorben Schütt with at least 19 votes,” said CDU parliamentary group leader Christian Petersen to
Spiegel
.
Mohrdieck received 25 votes.
In order to achieve the absolute majority of 28 votes, he is dependent on the AfD.
For Lukas Kilian, CDU general secretary of the state, it is clear that the SPD “obviously has no problem with forming a majority including votes from the AfD”.
SPD calls CDU’s collaboration allegations “mood-mongering”
The SPD reverses the CDU's accusation.
Parliamentary group leader Jörg-Uwe Halusa called on the CDU to also vote for the independent candidate Mohrdieck.
In this way, he could achieve a stable majority even without AfD votes.
However, if the district administrator is elected to office with AfD votes, he should reject the election, Halusa added.
All information about the district election in Heide
Which candidates are standing for the election? |
Stefan Mohrdieck (non-party) and Thorben Schütt (CDU) |
|---|---|
When will the election take place? |
February 8, 2024 |
Who can vote on the district administrator? |
54 members of the district council |
How many votes does a candidate need to win? |
In order to be directly elected, a candidate needs an absolute majority of 28 votes in the first and second rounds. Only in the third round is a simple majority sufficient. |
When does a result become fair? |
A result is expected shortly after the election at 5 p.m. |
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The CDU also accuses Halusa of “fostering the mood” against the better candidate for the office.
He doesn't want to be told who he will vote for in the election.
The Greens have their own criticism of the CDU's approach.
Since the AfD in Heide has behaved relatively quietly so far, the debate would have “suddenly given it a meaning that it did not have before,” said the leader of the Green Party, Kerstin Hansen, to the
taz
.
AfD has not yet announced which candidate it supports
The suspicion is therefore that the CDU inflated the debate in order to give its own candidate an advantage in the elections.
Also because the AfD has not yet announced which candidate it ultimately supports.
Mohrdieck also asserts that he is in no way close to the AfD.
Mohrdieck is running again as district administrator after his six-year term in office.
The graduate in administration and father of two children was previously mayor and treasurer in Brünsbüttel.
According to
taz,
he has actually not worked with the AfD yet.
The incumbent district administrator finds himself in an awkward situation.
Since the election is secret, no one can know in the end whether they won solely through AfD votes.
But Mohrdieck will not allow himself to be put under pressure: “I will not announce in advance whether I will reject an election if it only comes about through AfD votes,” he told
Spiegel
.
With its scandal, the CDU is also trying to get the SPD and the Greens to vote for their candidate Schütt.
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