Repetition of the breakdown election in Berlin: the main staff council reacts cautiously to Giffey’s initiative – Berlin
The chairwoman of the main staff council of the Berlin administration, Daniela Ortmann, reacted cautiously to the proposal to call in state officials to help with the elections in the event of a new election. “It is true that the Governing Mayor spoke to us about it,” Ortmann told the Tagesspiegel.
She added: “It doesn’t work for a smile. If the proposal is actually to be implemented, a proper participation process must be in place.”
Ortmann was reacting to a suggestion that Prime Minister Franziska Giffey (SPD) had recently made in relation to a possible re-election in Berlin. In an interview with the “Berlin newspaper” She said: “If we don’t have enough volunteer election workers, then we must also take the step of saying: The state of Berlin has over 130,000 employees in the public sector. Then the commitment of our national staff must also be considered. I have already discussed this with the staff council.”
Ortmann pointed out that participation in the support of the election by state officials would have financial consequences, after all, the extra work ordered – especially on a Sunday and due to counting until late in the evening – would have to be remunerated. In addition, she pointed out that official elections run counter to the principle of citizen elections.
Giffey, whose party is likely to face considerable risks if the election is repeated, also said in an interview that the election, which was overshadowed by a series of breakdowns, was influenced by a “concatenation of many factors”.
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So the combination of the election with the marathon was not a happy choice. Organizing things would have to be “clarified and improved”. The Governing Mayor is in favor of taking this report on the electoral mishaps seriously and implementing its recommendations.
A decision by the State Constitutional Court on the question of whether and if so to what extent the selection of MPs must be repeated is expected towards the end of the year. A hearing on this is dated September 28th. Robert Pebble