The coalition factions CSU and Free Voters consider the planned parliamentary law and the rules for secondary employment, which should also be learned from the mask deals of politicians, to be exemplary. Alexander Hold (FW) said on Thursday in the legal committee of the state parliament that the law could “be a model for other parliaments”. A “difficult balancing act” succeeded, namely to secure and “win back” confidence in the state parliament and, on the other hand, not to open the way to a pure parliament of professional politicians, “not to lose touch”. Ex-Justice Minister Winfried Bausback (CSU) said the result of the deliberations “is really impressive” – one ensures that the free mandate is not “monetized for private purposes”.
The joint draft of the CSU, FW, Greens, SPD and FDP was approved, and the AfD also agreed. Their representative Christoph Maier complained that his parliamentary group had been excluded from participation. “We make immoral business conduct by MPs impossible,” Hold had already announced last week – with reference to the decision of the Munich Higher Regional Court. The OLG saw no corruption as MPs in the mask business of the long-time CSU politicians Alfred Sauter and Georg Nüßlein, but conspicuously criticized the legal situation to which one was bound. This concerns the criminal code; but the rules in the state parliament have also been criticized since the beginning of the affairs.
With the new law, additional income should be notifiable from the first euro onwards. Shareholdings in corporations and partnerships are notifiable for shares of three percent (previously: 25). Members of parliament are no longer allowed to earn money from interest groups, advisory or intermediary transactions for third parties with ministries and upper state authorities. Doing business with the state is also prohibited, except after an official tender or the express approval of the Presidium. In the committee, the Greens and the SPD referred to having submitted ideas years ago. Horst Arnold (SPD) said that this “worst kind of excess” was needed for a new base. Nevertheless, there will always be “resourcefulness” on the part of MPs, one does not enter “into the heavenly kingdom of sin freedom, where only the harp of righteousness is plucked”. But the draft is a “moral and moral legal basis”.
On the sidelines, there was a debate about Alfred Sauter’s appearance in the state parliament. He has resigned from the CSU parliamentary group, parliamentary group leader Thomas Kreuzer recently announced that he is ruling out a return despite the OLG ruling. Toni Schuberl (Greens), on the other hand, recognizes a new, old closeness between Sauter and CSU people in the plenum. Sauter looks as if he wants to “demonstrate demonstratively: I’m there”. He was also not called on by the Presidium to vote with other non-attached party members, but with the CSU. Tobias Reiss (CSU) accused Schuberl of “building legends”, that there was distancing, and that it was a mystery to him “what kind of ostracism” was desired. Bausback said it “shouldn’t happen” that Sauter is called with the CSU. This should be checked.