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Bundestag Lifts Parliamentary Immunity of Two MPs
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The Bundestag has waived the immunity of the AfD MP Hannes Gnauck. Thus, a judicial disciplinary procedure from his time as a soldier ... The post Ways Likes for Höcke as a Bundeswehr soldier? Bundestag raises immunity from AfD MP Gnauck on appeared first on Apollo News.
Members of the Bundestag are protected by immunity. However, in special cases, the parliament can cancel it – this is now happening with a member of the AfD and the left. Previously, AfD politician Hannes Gnauck was still confident.
Members of parliament are protected from prosecution, but the Bundestag is now abolishing the immunity of Hannes Gnauck and Gökay Akbulut. The AfD politician is also concerned with the former youth organization Junge Alternative, which is classified as far-right.
Hannes Gnauck is subject to a disciplinary procedure from his time in the Bundeswehr. The AfD deputy comments on the allegations. Akbulut Gökay, a left-wing MP, is being investigated in criminal proceedings.
Members of the Bundestag enjoy parliamentary immunity, which protects them from prosecution.However, the Parliament can waive immunity - and has done so in two cases.The Bundestag has lifted immunity from the AfD MP Hannes Gnauck and the left-wing politician Gökay Akbulut.In the evening, the Parliament unanimously voted for appropriate recommendations of the immunity committee. At the Brandenburg AfD politician Gnauck, the Bundestag approved the…
The decision taken in the German Federal Parliament has stirred up the political agenda. The parliamentary immunity of Gökay Akbulut from the Left Party and Hannes Gnauck, a member of the far-right AfD party, was lifted as a result of votes on separate cases.
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