BSW parliamentary group leader Wittig criticizes the political blockade in Saxony-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt's deputy BSW state parliamentary group leader Claudia Wittig criticizes the political parties in the current explorations to form a government as not being able to compromise. The political camps in the Magdeburg state parliament are so divided that they are basically no longer able to work, said Wittig during a panel discussion at the Saxon BSW state party conference in Leipzig.

“In the end, we cannot solve the people’s problems in Saxony-Anhalt if we divide the voters, the parties and parliamentary cooperation into two camps.” The BSW, which entered the Magdeburg state parliament with five representatives in the state elections, was the only party to understand “that this blockade must be broken somehow. Otherwise we cannot solve a single problem in Saxony-Anhalt.”

Wittig: Firewall and new elections “totally stupid”

The SPD, which had invited all parties except the AfD to talks, was simply looking for a new “firewall candidate,” said Wittig. The AfD wants to talk about new elections because it missed the absolute majority in the state parliament. “Both paths are totally stupid,” says Wittig.

There was an election result with a very high voter turnout. “Whether you like the election results or not doesn’t matter at all.” The AfD, which was elected with 43.8 percent of the vote, must also make its signature somehow recognizable in this parliament, “so that it is democratic.”

A non-partisan prime minister needs votes from all camps

Wittig renewed the BSW's proposal to elect a non-partisan Prime Minister. According to the co-state chairwoman, this should not be elected solely with the votes of just one side of the political spectrum. To do this, you have to “get all parliamentarians together at the table first”.