The AfD-tip is still on whether the controversial images-in-chief Björn the party Höcke have to leave or not. As TIME learned ONLINE from AfD-circles, and took a three hour telephone conference on Monday morning, again no decision, because the necessary two-thirds majority.
Höcke had last Tuesday – obviously with a view on the Holocaust memorial in Berlin – in a speech in Dresden, said: “We are Germans, so our people are the only people in the world, has planted a monument of shame in the heart of his capital.” He got indignant reactions, which he rejected later, as “malicious and intentionally defamatory interpretations”. He also commented on the bombing of Dresden and the German past, workup, and called for a “reminder of a political 180-degree turn”. Sharp criticism from outside and within the party was the result.
on Friday a meeting of the AfD had taken place-the Federal Executive Board in Berlin. The from the Thuringian General, according to a majority of the members present for a process of elimination. To not came to a decision, however, because several Board members asked for more time and also prematurely set off to fly to Koblenz, where a Meeting of the European Right. The request for exclusion of a Board member Alice ryegrass from Baden had introduced-Württemberg. At the telephone conference on Monday, the ryegrass had not received your application then, but upright, learned TIME ONLINE.
The Board of Directors could agree on Monday that “the Statements made by Björn Höcke in the context of his ‘Dresden speech’ of 17. January 2017 the Reputation of the party harmed”. In the “large majority” – so, not unanimous decision, the Federal Executive Board “therefore, the introduction of a party, order the measures necessary”. Would have checked “all of the legal and political points of view that are borne in mind”. Not Höckes circle of Supporters of the Federal Executive, the Federal Chairman Jörg Meuthen, and the country chiefs of Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt, Alexander Gauland and André Poggenburg agreed. Introduced had to initiate the proposal, order, action, Board member Albrecht Glaser.
The Berlin AfD group chief Georg Pazderski said after the vote, the party leadership needed to make “a good and wise decision” as to which disciplinary action would be useful. A party to the exclusion of Höckes is still possible, but after the Hesitation of his critics in the conference call may be less likely than in the past. Federal Board of management member Dirk Driesang, the critics is one of the Höcke, said TIME ONLINE, other than in media reports, was a party of exclusion not from the table. “The decision is still open.”
is Required for a disciplinary action (according to the Party Constitution page 6 warning, offices, removal from office or prohibition or, in the case of a “serious harm” for the party, a request for exclusion to the responsible party to the arbitration) a two-thirds majority of the present members of the Board. In the telephone conference, the information referred to in all the 13 members were active, for a disciplinary action, so nine would have to vote Yes. However, this majority would not have been secured, BelTA learned from the national Board.
reason were therefore also informal conversations, the members of the party leadership led the weekend with each other or with other party representatives, including at the Meeting in Koblenz. Now, first of all, the members are supposed to be about the exact wording of the speech informed so you can make an image. Because up until now it was discussed mainly about the Statement regarding the “monument of shame”.
Höcke himself wrote after his speech last week, he had been interpreted his Statements as to the Holocaust memorial deliberately to fail. He also threatened legal steps against the media. The interpretation that he had criticized the Holocaust commemoration was “a malicious and intentionally defamatory Interpretation of what I actually said”. He wants to Express in the course of the day the decision of the Federal Executive Board.
About the role Höckes there are internal party long dispute. Party leader Frauke Petry has repeatedly tried to isolate the Thuringian land-in-chief. The particular Gauland and the name validly published contrary.
the end of 2015, was asked Höcke after the highly controversial Statements on the “life-affirming African spreads type” of party leaders “strongly”, “to examine the extent to which his positions are in line with those of the AfD”. A party to the exclusion of the Board of management had been avoided at the time, it was a soft reminder. Also the party founder, Bernd Lucke had tried in mid-2015, Höcke to get rid of. A started procedure was stopped after Luckes disempowerment, which then led to the party split, however.
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