the member of The Bundestag Philipp Amthor is no longer a candidate for the CDU land Chairman in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. He had withdrawn his candidacy, said the 27-Year-old on Friday evening after a Meeting with the CDU land Executive in Güstrow. Amthor was due to his now finished a side job for a US company massive lobbying accusations and was also advised in the own party in the criticism.
learned How to FOCUS Online from party circles, is Amthors decision to abandon the country’s presidency has been, in the apex of the tip with respect included. Amthor make it possible for his state Association, to focus on the essential tasks.
To Amthors the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald, Michael Sack is a candidate for the office of the party top. The state Convention is for the 7. August scheduled.
Amthor had a massive pulled in criticism
last week, justice Minister Katy Hoffmeister their candidacy for the country’s presidency back in order to make Amthor out of the way. Shortly thereafter, the young member of Parliament came from the West Pomeranian Ueckermünde, due to its ancillary activities and its advocacy work for the US company Augustus Intelligence is massively in the criticism.
According to a report of the “mirror” he had asked for the company in the autumn of 2018 with a letter to the Federal Minister of economic Affairs, Peter Altmaier (CDU) political support. Amthor referred to his activity, in the meantime, as an error, and has terminated the cooperation according to its own information. Although he had shown a side job for the company in the case of recording in the past year, the Bundestag administration official, but he had made himself politically vulnerable. The granted to him stock options that he had returned.
Amthor-case triggers debate
As a first consequence of his controversial activities had drawn Amthor, who is from the investigation Committee to the Islamist attack on the breitscheidplatz in Berlin. He was an alternate member in the Committee that will also consult with Ex-protection of the Constitution CEO Hans-Georg Maaßen, to also stand in connection to the controversial US company.
in The case of Amthor triggered a debate on lobbying. Among other things, the Association, lobby control, and also some parties in the Bundestag called for stricter disclosure obligations for members.
With the nomination of Michael bag the Union seeks in the North-East, to end the leadership crisis swiftly. To the beginning of the year Kokert the hope of the country party, with Vincent surprisingly, the party leadership. Since the beginning of February, you will be led Commissioner of Eckhardt Rehberg. The 66-Year-old was from 2001 to 2005, the country party leader. Also, the proposal to nominate dead apparently came. So he surprised many Board members.
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