He would then like to receive his certificate of discharge and, according to dpa information, personally hand over his certificate of discharge to his ministers.
Laschet and the President of the State Parliament André Kuper must record and sign the request to resign. After that, the outgoing Prime Minister should receive his certificate of discharge. The other cabinet members, who were also dismissed with their head of government – in accordance with the legal requirements – remain in office. The new Prime Minister appoints his own cabinet after his election.
Laschet also remains in office until he becomes a member of the Bundestag on Tuesday morning. At this moment, according to the state constitution, he can no longer be prime minister. His deputy, Family Minister Joachim Stamp, takes over.
However, Stamp will only head the government for one day – according to current plans, Transport Minister and Laschet’s party colleague Hendrik Wüst will be elected as the new Prime Minister in a special session of the state parliament on Wednesday.
With Laschet as candidate for chancellor in the federal election almost four weeks ago, the CDU and CSU had a historically poor result. (SDA)