In the case of in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania Leftist politician Barbara Borchardt, who was elected state constitutional judge, has voiced sharp criticism from the President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Thomas Haldenwang. Borchardt is a member of the Anti-Capitalist Left Association (AKL), which is monitored by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution. Haldenwang said he found it “unbearable as a constitutional protector” if a proven AKL member became part of a constitutional court.
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Organizations like the AKL not only oppose the existing economic order, but also question individual fundamental rights, said the constitutional activist at a public hearing of the parliamentary control body in the Bundestag.
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The anti-capitalist party group is monitored by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. Borchardt was nominated by the left and was elected judge at the constitutional court by the state parliament in mid-May, with votes from the SPD and CDU. The process caused a sensation.
Bochardt himself said that she wanted to continue to be a member in der AKL stay. The organization was not observed in their federal state, said Borchardt. In the youngest Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution for 2018 However, the AKL is listed as an observation object in the chapter on left-wing extremism.
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