Scandalous and harmful: This anti-AfD ploy undermines democracy:
In Rhineland-Palatinate, the quorum for investigative committees is to be raised because of the ...
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Democracy Challenged by Quorum Change Against AfDRhineland-Palatinate plans to raise the threshold for parliamentary inquiry committees to 25%, limiting AfD’s minority rights.
- The AfD won 19.5% in Rhineland-Palatinate, enabling it to demand parliamentary inquiry committees for the first time in West Germany.
- The governing parties seek to increase the quorum from one-fifth to one-quarter of members to block the AfD's investigative powers.
- Critics argue this move undermines minority rights and weakens public trust by restricting parliamentary checks on the government.
- Lessons from eastern states show that AfD-led inquiries, while disruptive, also expose the party to scrutiny, ultimately reinforcing democracy.
From the document of the three factions CDU, SPD and Greens in Rhineland-Palatinate announcing the constitutional amendment: the 'enshrined right of the parliamentary minority' to investigation committees 'the sharpest instrument of Parliament's oversight over the government'. However, 'a deliberate abuse of this instrument and its deployment for purely destructive purposes cannot be ruled out'.— From the document/statement by the three factions CDU, SPD and Greens in Rhineland-Palatinate.
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