Hesse: Dispute in your own party: Journeyman questions the candidacy

Kassel (dpa/lhe) - In the dispute over the formation of a coalition in Kassel's town hall, the social democratic mayor of the northern Hessian city, Christian Geselle, has given his own party an ultimatum.

Hesse: Dispute in your own party: Journeyman questions the candidacy

Kassel (dpa/lhe) - In the dispute over the formation of a coalition in Kassel's town hall, the social democratic mayor of the northern Hessian city, Christian Geselle, has given his own party an ultimatum. In a public letter on Tuesday, he questioned his candidacy for the SPD in the mayoral election on March 12 next year, should the local party leadership not resign.

In June, the black-green town hall coalition in Kassel burst. The SPD then began talks with the CDU with the aim of preventing a Jamaica coalition in City Hall. While Geselle was on vacation, the majority of his party had decided to break off talks with the Christian Democrats about cooperation. The party chairman and the co-chairman of the parliamentary group stabbed him in the back, writes Geselle.

"As long as this decision is not publicly revised and those responsible for it do not draw their own personal conclusions or these are clearly communicated to them, I am, contrary to my previous intentions, no longer willing to stand as a candidate for the Kassel SPD for re-election as mayor." , said the incumbent mayor.