After the scandal at the first session of the state parliament, the President of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution of the Thuringian State, Stephan Kramer, warned of further attacks on the institutions. “Last week was just a preview of what awaits us,” Kramer told the German editorial network (RND).
Kramer warns about AfD in Thuringia: “This is the level of state disintegration”
“And that is the level of disintegration of the country, if you look specifically at how the country's Constitutional Court and its judges are treated. Some new members of state parliament may also be experiencing firsthand the methods used AfD working in Thuringia.” The AfD has mocked members of the Constitutional Court on social media as “judges with a party record”.
Kramer went on to say that he believed that with the help of the State Constitutional Court and other factions it would be possible to “complete the constitution of the state parliament as a constitutional body without any interference and in a legally effective manner and to elect a president.” “Now we have a functioning state legislature, and that is invaluable.” And these events “may unite the people in facing the enemies of the constitution together as democrats in the future.”