Kalbitz verdict: Gauland draws decision of the Federal arbitration court in doubt

The argument in the AfD about the cancellation of the party's membership of the Brandenburg group Chairman Andreas Kalbitz to death. After the Federal arbitration court of the party was confirmed at the weekend that the cancellation of the outer party, the right-localized Kalbitz, the Chairman of the AfD group in the Bundestag, Alexander Gauland, the neutrality of the arbitration court of his party in doubt. He was going to "teach solely in accordance with the decisions and Judgments of the ordinary courts," said Gauland of the newspaper "The world". Because the Federal arbitration court it is "obviously, certain political interests that may have nothing to do".

Eckart Lohse

head of the Parliamentary office in Berlin.

Kalbitz had announced that he was going to fight back in court against his exclusion. The German press Agency, he said he wanted to initially proceed in a summary proceedings. He was confident as to the outcome of the procedure. His goal is a quick clarification is in order to obtain the "necessary calm to the in-kind policy in the sense of the party". Kalbitz was excluded, because he is alleged to have a membership in the "home loyal German youth" concealed and membership in the party "The Republicans".

Against Gauland of the party Chairman Jörg Meuthen was. "The criticism of our court of arbitration, I find completely unacceptable," said Meuthen the Newspapers of the Funke media group. The Chairman has operated to the exclusion of Kalbitz and a decision of the Board of management brought about. The judges of the court of arbitration worked "on a volunteer basis, and very carefully," said Meuthen. "You have been chosen by the party to be sovereign, the Congress, and in these Offices." The judgment of the Federal arbitration to accept court for a "disturbing the rule of law ratio". Meuthen described the process as a party to be completed in-house. "Kalbitz is no longer a member."

The Chairman of the Berlin AfD group, Georg Pazderski, called the arbitration ruling is an important Signal. "We are developing under Jörg Meuthen at a high speed to a thoroughly bourgeois party," said Pazderski. This is exactly the right way to "for all to see clearly in from the right edge to move away".