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Rausch was elected President of the State Parliament in a secret vote on Tuesday.
According to AfD state parliament President Tobias Rausch, four CDU MPs are said to have agreed to elect AfD politician Ulrich Siegmund as Prime Minister of Saxony-Anhalt. Rausch told the dpa news agency. It was agreed upon. “We’ll only be smarter when it happens,” said Rausch. We are also waiting for the CDU state party conference on December 5th.
Rausch had previously told the right-wing portal Nius that he himself had been elected President of the State Parliament with votes from the CDU. CDU parliamentary group leader and Prime Minister Sven Schulze did not want to comment on Rauch's statements when asked by the dpa.
Rausch was elected President of the State Parliament on Tuesday in a secret vote with 48 yes votes. The AfD parliamentary group has 39 votes. The BSW had announced that its five MPs would also vote for Rausch. It is not publicly known where the other four votes came from. The CDU parliamentary group had recommended that its MPs abstain. 14 CDU MPs voted, but there were only five abstentions.
The ZEIT had already reported on Tuesday about a deal between the AfD and several CDU MPs in Saxony-Anhalt.
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Waiting for the CDU state party conference on December 5th
Very likely · Within weeks
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