A petition with more than 1.6 million signatures calling for the deprivation of fundamental rights from AfD politicians Björn Höcke has been handed over to the Bundestag. In a video said the initiator Indra Gosh: “This is intended to prevent Björn Höcke from taking on political responsibility in Thuringia.” Several representatives of the democratic parties in the Bundestag met Gosh to hand over the petition in front of the Reichstag building in Berlin. The call is one Online petition on the WeAct platform of the campaign organization Campact.
The Green Party leader Britta Haßelmann took it petition met, accompanied by Green Party politician Konstantin von Notz. “Above all, I am pleased that something is moving in the country,” said Haßelmann at the handover. It is an “incredibly encouraging signal” that civil society senses the dangers posed by right-wing extremism and knows that it now depends on each and every individual.
Praise from the Greens and the Left for commitment
Also the chairman of the parliamentary group of the Left in Bundestag, Dietmar Bartsch, was present. “When it comes to right-wing extremism: talk less, act concretely!” he wrote on X and shared photos of the encounter.
The petition calls for the right-wing extremist AfD politician Höcke to be deprived of some of his basic rights in accordance with Article 18 of the Basic Law. This is about the right to vote, eligibility and holding public office. They argue that it endangers the free democratic basic order. The federal government, the Bundestag or a state government can submit an application for this, and the Federal Constitutional Court must then decide on it.
A new state parliament will be elected in Thuringia on September 1st. Höckes is in the polls AfD clearly in the lead. If Höcke loses his basic rights, he could not only be denied his own right to vote for the time being, but also be denied the right to stand in the Thuringian election.
A petition with more than 1.6 million signatures calling for the deprivation of fundamental rights from AfD politicians Björn Höcke has been handed over to the Bundestag. In a video said the initiator Indra Gosh: “This is intended to prevent Björn Höcke from taking on political responsibility in Thuringia.” Several representatives of the democratic parties in the Bundestag met Gosh to hand over the petition in front of the Reichstag building in Berlin. The call is one Online petition on the WeAct platform of the campaign organization Campact.