The state chairman wanted to combine the party and the parliamentary group in Bavaria when it came to the representative office in Munich, the party said. The scolded feels misunderstood and suggests that the “piercers” leave the AfD.
Bavaria’s AfD boss Stephan Protschka defends himself against criticism from his own ranks that he wants to mix party and faction interests at the representative office of the state association in Munich. “I didn’t say that,” he told the SZ. The critics and the “anonymous piercers” have “no place in the AfD because they lack the courage to tell the truth”. The background is the planned relocation of the party headquarters from the district of Munich to Greding in Middle Franconia. For financial reasons, as Protschka announced in a circular to the members a few weeks ago: Savings are necessary, the 2022 budget shows “a massive underfunding” that “we have to compensate for as soon as possible”.
Internally, the AfD is often criticized for cutting itself off from political events with its seat far away from the state capital. Protschka had to Danube courier said he does not share the concern. You can still rent rooms in Munich for press conferences, for example. “And our parliamentary group has rooms in the Maximilianeum anyway.” Critics saw this as a faux pas, the head of state was planning to merge the levels. “What amateurism is the national association led by?” asked a well-known ex-functionary on Facebook. Protschka now said it was “of course clear to him that such a mixture is not permissible”. The sentence was only related to the faction that just had their rooms. In terms of representation in Munich, he was specifically asked about the parliamentary group.
In Greding, where the AfD holds its state party conferences, it has already rented storage space and a room for smaller meetings, recently for example the program committee for the 2023 state elections The Munich Labor Court wanted to take action. The committee and its supporters thought the internal wing dispute was the real reason, not the party finances. The court agreed with the party leadership that the move may take place. The contract in Hohenbrunn has not yet been terminated, Protschka said. He looks calmly at a member’s request against the move, which is being prepared in the AfD.