AfD Kompakt, July 20, 2021
Never before in the history of the Federal Republic of
Germany has a Federal Chancellor demanded that the democratic election of a
Minister-president need be rescinded – for good reason. Since no matter whether
the outcome of a Minister-president election suits a Chancellor or not, he does
not have standing to so express himself – certainly not in the form of a public
demand that an election displeasing to him is to be rescinded. That alone
invokes the neutrality duty to which every Chancellor as a constitutional organ
is obligated.
That Chancellor Merkel nevertheless has done this makes
obvious her democratic deficit: for one, this neutrality duty is to her either
unknown or indifferent; for another, with her statement, she documents that she
is not prepared to accept the result of a democratic election if this does not
suit her.
And that three weeks before the oral deliberation, she had
invited to an evening meal in common at the Chancellor’s office each of the
Constitutional judges who tomorrow are to deliberate and decide the complaint
against her, makes expressly clear that the Chancellor also is openly wanting
in any feeling for a legal proceeding.
Against this background, her personal appearance tomorrow
before the Federal Constitutional Court would be doubly desired. For only she
herself can and must personally explain what she has set in motion with her
statements in South Africa and the invitation of the Constitutional judges. All
else would unfortunately be a further expression of disregard for the
democratic and legal principles of our country.
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