The AfD member of the Bundestag, Matthias Helferich, accuses his parliamentary group colleague Knuth Meyer-Soltau of dishonest on him on the North Rhine-Westphalia state consultant assembly AfD to have been insulted and bodily attacked in Marl. “He insulted me and pushed me out of the chair,” Helferich advised the information portal The Pioneer. He introduced that he would file a prison grievance.
Meyer-Soltau rejects the accusation. “I deny the accusation made,” he mentioned The Pioneer. Helferich “suffered a crushing defeat” on the constellation assembly and was “apparently looking for satisfaction elsewhere.” He’ll hand the matter over to his lawyer and, if needed, contain the investigating authorities.
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AfD federal leadership expressed criticism. The spokesman for occasion chief Alice Weidel, Daniel Tapp, mentioned The Pioneer in regards to the incident: “It is unhappy when you need to remind folks of minimal requirements of social commentary.”
The state checklist for the North Rhine-Westphalia state election in 2027 has been drawn up
Additional allegations had been made throughout the assembly. A delegate spoke up on the corridor microphone and claimed {that a} state government committee member from the camp of the North Rhine-Westphalian AfD prime candidate Martin Vincentz was forward of the runoff election between Matthias Helferich and Klaus Esser handed by means of the ranks of the Wuppertal district affiliation. He’s mentioned to have threatened to exclude a Wuppertal state parliament member from the parliamentary group if the lacking vote for Esser didn’t come collectively.
The occasion management was additionally essential of this. Tapp mentioned The Pioneer: »Mrs Weidel would not like that. That shouldn’t occur.”
On the state consultant assembly, the state checklist for North Rhine-Westphalia was drawn up State election Arrange in 2027. On the middle was an influence wrestle between Vincentz’s camp and Helferich’s camp. Vincentz is extra more likely to be related to the AfD federal chairman Tino Chrupalla, Helferich is taken into account near Weidel.
The Vincentz camp clearly prevailed towards Helferich’s supporters when drawing up the checklist.