[ad_1]
Friday, December 4, 2020
An explosion in Saxony-Anhalt
Haseloff expels his interior minister
The Prime Minister of Saxony-Anhalt, Haseloff, dismisses the Minister of the Interior, Stahlknecht. Haseloff is reacting to Stahlknecht’s announcement that he will continue with a minority government if the Kenyan coalition collapses.
The Prime Minister of Saxony-Anhalt, Reiner Haseloff, removed the Minister of the Interior, Holger Stahlknecht. Thus, he drew the conclusion of a shaky interview about the coalition dispute over the radio license fee and the announcement of a minority government of the CDU, as announced by the state chancellery. Spicy: both Haseloff and Stahlknecht belong to the CDU.
The main reason for the firing is that Stahlknecht “uncoordinated during the prime minister’s ongoing efforts to stabilize the coalition government formed in 2016, publicly raised the breakdown of the coalition and the possibility of a minority government formed solely by the CDU,” he says. a press release. the State Chancellery.
Haseloff continues to pursue the goal “in the most difficult phase for the country of overcoming a pandemic of hitherto unimaginable proportions to lead a government that is capable of acting in all aspects and that also has reliable majorities in the state parliament,” he continues. the notice. Stahlknecht so seriously altered the necessary relationship of trust that “he can no longer belong to the state government.”
“Here someone wants to decide a power struggle”
The SPD and the Greens had previously accused Stahlknecht of wanting the coalition dispute to topple Haseloff. Stahlknecht, the leader of the CDU in Saxony-Anhalt, announced in an interview with the Magdeburg Volksstimme that he would continue to rule with a minority government if the CDU, SPD and Greens coalition did not survive the dispute. Haseloff had ruled it out until now.
The leader of the SPD parliamentary group, Katja Pähle, accused Stahlknecht of pursuing personal goals. “Someone here wants to have a chance to win the power struggle in the CDU after all,” Pähle said. “The attempt at a strategic shift to the right is a deliberate breaking of the dam and an open declaration of war on the prime minister.”
Stahlknecht had long been traded as Haseloff’s possible successor. However, after several missteps and scandals in his ministry and at the CDU, he had prioritized the prime minister in the top candidate for the upcoming state elections in June 2021.
The content of the coalition conflict in Saxony-Anhalt has to do with the increase in the radio license fee and politically with the continued existence of the coalition. The SPD and the Greens are in favor of the increase, which must be approved by the state parliament, the CDU is against. Since the CDU has a mathematical majority with the AfD, it could block the increase. Both parties are accused of violating the coalition agreement.
