Joachim Paul: AfD politician desires to complain in opposition to the exclusion of Mayor’s election in Ludwigshafen | EUROtoday

AfD politician Joachim Paul, who was not a candidate for the mayor election in Ludwigshafen on the Rhine in Rhineland-Palatinate, has introduced authorized steps in opposition to the choice. He was on the lookout for a lawyer, Paul stated on Wednesday within the on-line portal “Nius”. “We will now appeal,” stated Paul. He thinks he has “very good chances”.

The election committee of town of Ludwigshafen didn’t enable the AfD member of the state parliament to be the OB election on September 21 on Tuesday. The choice was preceded by a letter from the Ministry of the Interior in Mainz, by which Paul’s public statements had been compiled. The metropolis requested this, stated a ministry spokesman. The election committee had the authorized mandate to look at the submitted election proposals and to determine on their approval.

The chairwoman of the election committee and Ludwigshafen mayor, Jutta Steinruck (SPD), justified the choice within the Southwestern Radio with documented statements by the AfD politician. These confirmed that “may not be the prerequisites for constitutional loyalty”. Paul was nonetheless permitted for the district election at the start of the 12 months.

The election committee permitted three candidates and a candidate for the OB election. According to town, Klaus Blettner was proposed by the CDU and the free voters, Jens Peter Gotter from the SPD and Michaela Schneider-Wettstein from Volt. Martin Wegner competes as a single candidate. The election will happen on September 21, and about 121,000 persons are then entitled to vote.