SPD supports call for an expert government in Saxony-Anhalt to prevent an AfD prime minister

Alexander Schweitzer, deputy federal chairman of the SPD, supports the call for an expert government in Saxony-Anhalt. "An expert government supported by all other factions could still avert the scenario of an AfD prime minister," he told Rheinpfalz. The election result should not lead to a state of shock.

“We as the SPD must not stand idly by as a right-wing extremist takes over the office of prime minister in a German state,” said Schweitzer, who is also chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament. The possibility of an expert government should not be ruled out and, if necessary, it must be promoted.

After the election in Saxony-Anhalt and the clear victory of AfD top candidate Ulrich Siegmund, the BSW had already brought up the idea of ​​a non-partisan prime minister. SPD top candidate Armin Willingmann also recently appeared open to it. He doesn't consider the suggestion "the first choice," said Willingmann. "But if it could lead to the dissolution of a blockade, you shouldn't reject it a priori."

BSW founder Sahra Wagenknecht defended the idea of a non-party expert government before the election. If the other parties rule this out, the BSW will abstain from electing the Prime Minister in the third round, she said. In the third round of electing a head of government in the state parliament, a simple majority of the votes cast is sufficient in Saxony-Anhalt.