Rausch and Tillschneider Win parliamentary posts

Oct 6

Zamperoni and Klieme report Rausch elected Saxony-Anhalt parliamentary president with 48 votes in the first ballot, the first AfD holder of such an office, with support beyond AfD and BSW. They identify the state AfD branch as classified right-wing extremist. Rausch promises equal rules for all groups. Klieme describes his career, a reported family-employment controversy and the office's powers. Sziborra-Seidlitz pledges defense of minority, opposition, cultural and media rights. Thomas Schulze confirms BSW's five votes and notes four additional votes. The package also reports Tillschneider elected vice president with 44 votes, recalls his deportation rhetoric and carries Sven Schulze's acknowledgment of a divided abstention position while stressing ballot secrecy. It closes with prospective December premier-vote implications and hundreds protesting outside.

At Saxony-Anhalt's October 6 inaugural sitting, Susan Sziborra-Seidlitz pledged to oppose attacks on minority and opposition rights, defend independent academia, culture and media, and judge presidential decisions against representatives' rights. AUF1's longer replay includes her promise to use parliamentary and legal avenues where those rights are not upheld. These are pledges, not filed proceedings or judgments.