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CSU politician Georg Nüßlein wants to retire from politics
Nüßlein is being investigated, among other things, due to the initial suspicion of bribery of elected officials in connection with the purchase of corona respirators.
Source: dpa-infocom GmbH
The lawyer for the CSU politician, Georg Nüßlein, has announced that he will no longer run for the next legislative term. Nüßlein also resigns from his post as deputy leader of the parliamentary group.
DCSU member of the Bundestag Georg Nüßlein, suspected of corruption in connection with the purchase of corona respirators, wants to retire from politics. He resigned from his currently inactive position as deputy leader of the parliamentary group and will no longer stand in the Bundestag elections in September, Nüßlein said Friday through his lawyer in Munich. He “firmly” rejects the bribery charge.
The Munich Public Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the initial suspicion of corruption against the CSU politician. According to media reports, he is said to have campaigned for a supplier of protective crown masks at the Federal Ministry of Health and the Bavarian Ministry of Health in the spring of last year. For this reason, it is said that a commission of 660,000 euros has gone to a company in which Nüßlein is said to be involved.
Nüßlein had his lawyer, Gero Himmelsbach, explain that “due to the complex matter of a connection with abroad”, “he does not expect the prosecution’s investigations to conclude in the next few weeks.”
The investigation is a very important burden on his family and his party, which is why he has now decided to retire. He wants to fulfill his mandate before the general elections.
CSU Secretary General Markus Blume called Nüßlein’s move an “absolutely necessary and logical decision.” According to “Spiegel,” nearly two dozen MPs may have been involved in the mask business, either advertising federal government suppliers or working to ensure companies get their money.
CDU-Generalsekretär Ziemiak wrote about it on twitter: “It seems to me deeply indecent that the parliamentarians have enriched themselves with the acquisition of masks in the worst crisis since the Second World War.” And: “As general secretary of the CDU, I hope that this misdeed will be clarified and eliminated completely. Not at some point, but now.” It could not be “that individuals discredit the entire Union and the hard work of all members of the German Bundestag and the Federal Government.”
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