Demonstrations – Potsdam – After the Thuringia election: Demonstration for democracy in Potsdam – Politics

Potsdam (dpa / bb) – Around a week after the controversial prime minister election in Thuringia, the alliance “Potsdam! Show colors” called for a rally for democracy on Tuesday. More than 150 people came to the event at 6 p.m. on the Alter Markt, the alliance announced on its Facebook page. The chairman of the alliance is Lord Mayor Mike Schubert (SPD).

“We find this approach (in Thuringia) irresponsible, it damages our democracy and endangers peaceful coexistence,” said Schubert in an appeal. The state chairman of the Left, Anja Mayer, and Maja Wallstein from the state executive of the SPD wanted to speak at the rally.

In Thuringia, the FDP candidate Thomas Kemmerich was surprisingly elected Prime Minister by a joint vote of the FDP and CDU with the AfD last week. This caused a stir nationwide. Kemmerich then resigned, but is still executive.

In the call for the rally it says on the Facebook page of the alliance: “In the meantime the Brandenburg Kenya coalition has confirmed its” No “to cooperation with the AFD. The alliance members expressly welcome this. They still want the events of last week in Erfurt do not leave uncommented. “

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