Once again the AfD opposition is in Hesse State Parliament failed to reach the position of vice president. Your candidate Pascal Schleich received only 27 or 28 yes votes in three rounds of secret voting in Wiesbaden – with 92 to 94 no votes and one abstention.
The AfD parliamentary group currently has 25 members. Three other unattached lawmakers in state parliament have had connections with AfD.
There are only four vice presidents
During this legislative period, the AfD faction in the Hessian state parliament has tried several times in vain to gain the position of vice president for the first time – so far they have never obtained the majority necessary for it.
State Parliament President Astrid Wallmann (CDU) still has four deputies from the CDU, SPD, Green Party and FDP factions.
The voting process is faster
A new, faster procedure was used for the three secret ballots, with four voting booths instead of two, and no names of all MPs were called. Wallmann later spoke of its “initially a complete success”.
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