Thuringia: the mayor attacks the reporter at the sector festival

Mayor Thomas Weigelt (unbiased) on Saturday quickly fell on top of the reporter all through a marketplace social gathering in Bad Lobenstein, injuring him and damaging his devices, the newspaper described in its
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A colleague of the journalist in problem posted a movie on Twitter, displaying Weigelt approaching the digital camera with an outstretched hand and grabbing it – then the impression blurs, the lens points to the floor. Weigelt was in the beginning unavailable for comment.

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Journalist offers prison charges – Ramelow asks for repercussions for the mayors of Thuringia

The police gathered a legal grievance from the reporter. There is suspicion of particular personal injury and house destruction, a police spokesman reported. Thuringian Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow (left) was outraged by the incident. “One thing like that just isn’t doing work,” he tweeted Saturday. “A mayor assaults a reporter individually and physically.” He wishes the journalist the very best and expresses his solidarity. The head of the federal government demanded that the unacceptable action be punished.

In accordance to the report, the incident was preceded by a reception to which the mayor denied entry to the journalist. The reporter’s colleague also posted a online video of this on Twitter. “Absolutism?” asked the Primary Minister. The head of federal government complained that the tax revenue was expended on a reception and formal rooms were being utilised, while at the same time a reporter was prevented from performing.

The district director of the CDU is “shocked and stunned” and asks for his resignation

“I am shocked and astonished by this news from Poor Lobenstein,” Saale-Orla District District Administrator Thomas Fügmann (CDU) wrote on Fb. Almost nothing could justify these types of actions by a mayor, an election formal to a journalist or any other person. “I inquire that Thomas Weigelt instantly step down from his place as mayor of Bad Lobenstein.”

The chief of the Environmentally friendly parliamentary group in the point out parliament, Astrid Rothe-Beinlich, also commented on the trial on Twitter. “Presented the unachievable conduct, #Weigelt’s request for resignation and an apology is the only right a person.” These interference with press liberty is unacceptable and have to have repercussions.

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