The state board of the AfD In Saxony-Anhalt, a party expulsion procedure has been decided against the former general secretary Jan Wenzel Schmidt. Schmidt’s behavior “fundamentally violated the party’s internal order,” the party said. The board revoked Schmidt’s rights as a party member with immediate effect. State Treasurer Matthias Lieschke should also be excluded.
Schmidt was Secretary General of the AfD from 2022 to February 2025 Saxony-Anhalt. The member of the Bundestag has been criticized for months. The AfD says that Schmidt took advantage of his Bundestag mandate to establish private business relationships, for example with China. According to reports, he is also accused of having employed his company’s employees in his Bundestag office.
Schmidt rejects the allegations. The development is unpleasant, but he will still support the election campaign and at the same time go to all the party’s internal authorities “to abolish this unjustified exclusion process,” Schmidt told ZEIT.
Schmidt himself also made allegations against his party colleagues a few days ago. Accordingly, AfD members of the state parliament are said to have incorrectly billed trips. There is also the accusation of nepotism. Wives, children or siblings of members of the state executive committee are said to have been employed by members of parliament. Schmidt announced that he would like to provide evidence for this.
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