“I have not seen Kemmerich since February 5, when he called us in and asked to continue serving Thuringia,” reports one of the twelve secretaries of state of the red-red-green predecessor government, according to “t-online”. Kemmerich had resigned after the nationwide turmoil, but is actually still in office.
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Ramelow: «That has never happened before!»
Kemmerich even canceled the important Federal Council meeting, which normally also includes all prime ministers, on Friday. The chairs for the state government of Thuringia remained completely empty.
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Thuringia’s former Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow (64, left) is horrified. “There has never been anything like this in the Federal Council in 70 years!” He writes on Twitter. He fears a state crisis. “I hope that every member of the Landtag internalizes what it means if we don’t have a state government,” he told the news agency “dpa”.
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FDP defends Kemmerich
Particularly absurd: Kemmerich didn’t even leave his cell phone number. As the news site “t-online” reports, political officials who are not members of the government apparently even ask journalists about the number of the head of government. In the past week there was only one phone call a day with him and employees of the former political control center.
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Kemmerich is silent on the allegations. However, his party defends the short-term prime minister. “Mr. Kemmerich ensures that all necessary tasks are performed,” says Thomas Philipp Reiter, who currently speaks for the Thuringian FDP, the parliamentary group and the head of government. He is asking for understanding that the executive prime minister is currently not attending public appointments. (Kin)