Andreas
Kalbitz
AfD
in Brandenburg
AfD
Kompakt, September 4, 2019
[Andreas Kalbitz is the Alternative für
Deutschland chairman in the eastern German state of Brandenburg as well as
chairman of the AfD delegation in the Brandenburg legislature. He is an army
paratroop veteran. He here comments on the results of the September 1
elections.]
I
am very happy with the strong delegation which can serve with political
expertise and competence in the different thematic areas. The variety of
occupational backgrounds of the future members of the legislature reflects
what is already reflected in the election results: The AfD is long since a
people’s party. A healthy mix of new and experienced members, men and women,
academics, tradesmen [Arbeitern] and
white-collar workers [Angestellten], represents Brandenburg society in its entire breadth.
The
AfD advances with a more than doubled delegation size to the strongest
opposition power and as the opposition will drive before it the state
government. Who would still form this union of failures – it is now certain that
there will be no “carry on” [‘Weiter-so’]
for the next five years.The political pulse of our country will now be
decisively set with the AfD, because the political substance of the old
parties, the principal losers in the state elections, is at an end. The AfD is
the only middle-class [bürgerliche]
opposition in the Potsdam legislature.
[Translated
by Todd Martin]
