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The Bavarian Constitutional Court in Munich: The election of honorary judges should be reformed.
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The AfD can send two honorary constitutional judges.
After criticism from the opposition, the CSU soon wants to draw up new rules for their election.
Munich – The CSU wants to adopt new rules for the appointment of honorary judges for the Bavarian Constitutional Court by summer.
There had previously been criticism of the appointment of two AfD judges: The Bavarian coalition had approved a list of AfD judges - and the SPD in Bavaria, among others, warned of the consequences and insisted on a reform of the election of constitutional judges.
During the election in January, “we saw how quickly the functionality of this court can be put at risk,” said the parliamentary director of the CSU, Michael Hofmann, this Monday (March 25) in Munich.
The Süddeutsche Zeitung
had previously
reported.
The aim of the reform is to ensure that the Bavarian Constitutional Court “can continue to work in a legally secure manner in the future and function as the central authority of our democracy and our constitutional state,” said Hofmann.
“Extremists, enemies of our democracy and our constitution have no place there.”
The CSU politician did not initially provide any details about the plans.
The parliamentary group spoke to constitutional lawyers and initiated the reform, said Hofmann.
Now we will discuss this with the Free Voters as coalition partners in the state government.
CSU wants to reform the election of honorary constitutional judges soon
For the election in January, which is actually a formality, all parliamentary groups in the state parliament had the right to nominate candidates - including the AfD.
Voting had to be done in a block.
After lengthy discussions, the CSU and Free Voters voted for the list, which also includes two AfD candidates plus two deputies - ultimately for legal reasons.
The AfD also voted in favor, while the Greens and SPD voted no.
At the time, the government factions justified their approval of the uniform list of proposals with concerns about legal uncertainties due to a lack of judges - and ultimately with concerns that the highest Bavarian court would otherwise not be able to function.
The volunteer judges are not of great importance in day-to-day practice anyway.
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The AfD in Bavaria certainly raises the question of how radical it is.
The state parliament AfD is said to have more right-wing extremist employees than previously known, according to a report by
Bayerischer Rundfunk
last week .
Among them is an activist from the right-wing extremist Identitarian movement.
A co-founder of the youth organization Junge Alternative is also mentioned.
And AfD MP Daniel Halemba was arrested shortly before the state parliament was constituted for alleged incitement.
(dpa/frs)