Status: 10/12/2022 11:51 am
The Rhineland-Palatinate Minister of the Interior Lewentz resigns from his post. The background is his role in the flood disaster in the Ahr valley. It was about the question of when Lewentz had what information.
The Rhineland-Palatinate Minister of the Interior, Roger Lewentz, is stepping down. The background is the massive criticism of Lewentz in connection with the flood disaster in the Ahr valley, in which at least 134 people died.
She accepted his resignation, Prime Minister Malu Dreyer told journalists in Mainz.
The discussion recently focused on the question of when the minister had enough information on the night of July 14th to 15th, 2021 to be able to recognize the catastrophic event and to react to it.
The Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of the Interior recently confirmed that the situation report on the situation in the Ahr Valley was received by e-mail at 12:53 a.m. on July 15 at the situation center. Lewentz himself did not have the report that night.