Because they are said to have damaged a comrade’s election posters, the Hamburg SPD wants to temporarily exclude two well-known members of Turkish origin – precisely for the period in which the candidates for the state election are being nominated. Who is harming whom here?
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This week, the Harburg SPD is nominating its candidates for the state elections next spring. Two promising SPD members with a Turkish migrant background are not allowed to run because the state executive board has revoked their party rights. The background is investigations into alleged damage to election posters and suspicion of election fraud. The state executive’s decision has met with criticism because it is viewed as damaging to the party and undemocratic. It is suspected that the measures are aimed at preventing members of Turkish origin from pursuing political careers.
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This week the Harburger SPD put forward their candidates for the state elections next spring. It’s about the constituencies of Harburg and Süderelbe, where the SPD’s dominance is so pronounced that just running for office is like getting a ticket into the Hamburg city parliament – and thus into the world of professional politics, party careers and positions of power, in which representatives employ their own staff and decide on the promotion opportunities and professional future of party friends.
