Erfurt (dpa/th) - The opposition CDU parliamentary group has spoken out against a new, highly paid vice president position at the state administration office in Weimar. The state government's plans to fill them with the previous head of the state company for employment and economic development (GFAW), which is about to be dissolved, raise questions, said the parliamentary manager of the CDU parliamentary group, Andreas Bühl, on Monday in Erfurt.
The CDU parliamentary group reacted to a report in the daily newspaper "Freies Wort" (Suhl/Monday). Criticism also came from the FDP group in the state parliament. According to the report, the GFAW should not remain in existence, its tasks would be taken over by the Thuringian authority, and its previous managing director would be vice-president of the state administration office.
The CDU parliamentary group criticized the fact that his contract with the GFAW, which expires at the end of the year, should be replaced by a contract with the state administration office without a tender or selection process. Bühl spoke of a post haggling that his group would critically question.
The spokesman for the FDP group, Thomas Kemmerich, demanded that the well-working society for employment and economic development should not be weakened. "The fact that this powerful force should now be merged into a mammoth authority, with the help of contortions under salary law, is a strange idea," explained the FDP politician.
