Bonita Grupp appointed: AfD politician Hörner fails in Wahl drama!

Bonita Grupp appointed: AfD politician Hörner fails in Wahl drama!

In the Zollernalbkreis, an important election was recently held in the district and administrative committee of the district council, which caused some surprises. Everyday procedures, such as the election of the deputy chairpersons, sometimes turn out to be the scene of political tensions. On Monday, the committee and the election of the deputies met on the agenda, a normalcy at the beginning of a new legislative period. But one thing quickly became clear: in this case a lot was not as easy as it should have been.

Bonita Grupp, a prominent figure in the CDU and boss of the well -known textile company Trigema, was voted deputy chairman without any problems. It received 18 out of 36 votes and thus prevailed significantly. This decision gives her responsibility to lead the meetings if District Administrator Günther-Martin Pauli is once prevented. For the second deputy, Hans-Peter Hörner from the AfD, the election was very different. He only received seven votes in favor, while eleven members of the committee voted against it and thus prevented his choice.

political tensions in the district council

Hörner, who is not only active in the district council, but also in the state parliament and in the Balingen town council, had already come into focus on political debates. In the election as the third deputy chairman of the overall district council there was already unrest for his person. At that time he was chosen, which resulted in violent criticism from the SPD, which sharply blame his support and argued that the fire wall had fallen to the AfD. This fire wall symbolically stands for the delimitation of other parties from the AfD to avoid collaboration.

The rejection of Hörner’s candidacy in the Finance and Administrative Committee shows how split is the opinion about how to deal with the AfD and its representatives. It remains open who gave the positive voices for horns and who was against it. This remains in the dark due to the secret choice, which means that the parliamentary group leader may now have to do persuasion to bring the various political currents to a denominator.

The choice of Bonita Grupp is a clear step of the CDU to strengthen their position, while the defeat of Hans-Peter Hörner shows that not everyone in the district council agrees with the political developments. It is still open whether and how the different political camps can approach each other. The circle will be excited to see how the political landscape will develop in the next few weeks.

For more information on this topic and the background of the choice, see the current one Reporting on www.swp.de .