Power struggle in the Thuringian BSW: Co-boss does not do the candidacy

In the power struggle for the party leadership of the Thuringian BSW, the way is clear for a compromise. The Thuringian co-chair Steffen Schütz announced that at a party congress of the Sahra Wagenknecht alliance, he will not run again for the state chair in Gera on Saturday. A BSW spokesman confirmed corresponding media reports. Schütz is also a minister of digital and infrastructure.

Wolf stays with candidacy

In the past few weeks, the dispute over the occupation of the Thuringian party leadership had particularly worried with members of the BSW federal executive board. The pragmatic course of Schütz and the state chairman Katja Wolf is not shared by some in the federal party, but also critics in Thuringia. Wolf wants to stay with her candidacy for the state chairmanship, said the party spokesman.

The power struggle is also about separating the office and mandate. Wolf is finance minister in Thuringia and BSW member of the state parliament. Schütz also sits in the state parliament for the BSW.

Süßmuth instead of Schütz as a candidate for co-chair

At the BSW state party conference on April 26, the Thuringian member of the state parliament, Anke Wirsing, wants to run for the party chair-together with a team of colleagues. In the past, ISING had repeatedly appeared as a supporter of the course of BSW Federal Chief Sahra Wagenknecht, who was primarily faced with wolf clashes about the Thuringian government participation.

For Schütz, Gernot Süßmuth will apply for the co-party chair in Thuringia, said the spokesman. Süßmuth was one of the Thuringian BSW Bundestag candidates. He is a musician in Weimar. In the scramble for the management positions in the BSW state association, not only the federal party, but also BSW representatives from Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. (dpa)