Because of alleged trickery
Bavaria’s AfD wants to throw Halemba out of the state parliament
January 14, 2024, 10:39 a.m
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He is only 22 years old, but he already has a lot on his plate: The Bavarian AfD member of the state parliament, Daniel Halemba, is being investigated for, among other things, right-wing extremism. Now the party base is calling on him to resign his mandate. However, it’s not about Halemba’s attitude.
The Bavarian AfD member of the state parliament Daniel Halemba has been asked by his party’s state party conference to resign his mandate immediately. A corresponding proposal from 161 party members received a majority of a good 57 percent of the vote at the party conference in Greding on Saturday. Halemba is not bound by the request.
Halemba is considered a right-winger in the Bavarian AfD; he is assigned to the wing around the Thuringian state leader Björn Höcke, which has now been officially dissolved but still exists as a network. The Würzburg public prosecutor’s office is investigating the 22-year-old fraternity member, who has been a member of the Bavarian state parliament since October, among other things for alleged incitement to hatred. In addition, preparation meetings for his candidacy for the state parliament in Lower Franconia are said to have been influenced by false residence reports.
In December, the AfD federal executive committee also called on the Bavarian party leadership to initiate party expulsion proceedings against Halemba. Not because of the investigations, which are about Nazi memorabilia in his fraternity house, as the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” writes. But because of the trickery involved in the candidacy. However, the examination of the facts showed that some of the allegations were not tenable, it was said at the party conference.
The motion against Halemba passed at the party conference accused the state executive committee led by chairman Stephan Protschka of “lack of transparency, looking the other way and sugarcoating” the matter. Instead of acting, the committee was characterized by “hesitation and hesitation”. And: The state leadership continues to hold its “protective hand over these machinations” to this day.