Friedland,Germany -โค The Choiceโค for Germany (AfD) has called for the establishment of an โฃinvestigation committeeโข regarding the death ofโข 16-year-old Liana K., who was killed near โFriedland in August. The โฃmove was swiftly rejectedโข by both โthe Christian democratic Union (CDU) and theโ Green Party, who criticizedโฃ the AfD’s motivesโ and suggested alternative avenues for investigation.
The AfD argues that a committee of inquiry would โgrant the opposition crucial rights, including the ability to summon witnesses and request evidence. Establishing suchโฃ a committee โrequires โฃtheโ supportโฃ ofโข at least โคa fifth of the 146 members โof parliament. However,โ with only 17 mandates, the AfD would needโข the โขbacking of the โCDU, wich has already stated its opposition. AfD representative Wichmann offered to withdraw hisโ party’s submission if the CDU were โฃto โinitiate โขitsโค own investigation committee, adding, “We would also supportโค aโค green application, because this is about the matter.”
The CDU’s factionโ leader, Sebastian Lechner, dismissed the AfD’s request,โค stating,โค “So far, theโ AfD has not โฃparticipated in โฃthe clarification of this terrible case with any single parliamentary instrument. โWe do not โsupport the โapplication for anโ committee of inquiry of the parties โขin large parts ofโ the right-wing extremist party.” The CDUโค has rather submitted 147 questions to the stateโค goverment and โrequested access to relevantโ files, indicating a potential โฃfuture committee โฃapplication dependent on the responses โคreceived.
Green Party domestic spokesman โMichaelโฃ Lรผhmannโ also rejected the AfD’s proposal, asserting, “An โขinvestigation committee is an crucial and serious instrument of control, but notโค a scene for โright-wing extremist propaganda.”
The case centers around Muhammad A., โa 31-year-old Iraqi โขnational, who investigators believe caused Liana โคK. to step in front of a freight train on august โค11th. DNAโ tracesโข ofโข the โsuspect were found on the victim’s shoulder. The suspect, a rejected asylum seekerโข diagnosed โwith paranoid schizophrenia, โขwas residing inโ aโ psychiatric clinic at the time and had previouslyโฃ been โdenied deportation by a court.Liana K. andโข herโข family fled to โGermany in โ2022, settling in Geisleden, Thuringia.