In a letter from a lawyer, former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder has reclaimed his office in the Bundestag and his staff positions. These were previously deleted by a decision of the budget committee. That was “unlawful and unconstitutional,” said Schröder.
According to a report in the “Bild” newspaper, former chancellor Gerhard Schröder (SPD) is resisting the Bundestag’s decision to cut his office and staff positions. Schröder is now demanding this back, the newspaper reported, citing a letter from Schröder’s lawyers to the chairman of the Bundestag’s budget committee, Helge Braun (CDU).
In the letter, he referred the lawyers to a decision by the Bundestag on November 8, 2012, according to which Schröder’s Bundestag offices and four employees were “fixed for life”. When it comes to employee positions, Schröder claims four items.
The fact that his office is now “suspended” by a decision of the budget committee and the staff positions “are being wound up” is “unlawful and unconstitutional”, the newspaper quotes from the letter. However, the SPD politician does not necessarily want to sue for his rights in court.
A judicial clarification is “no longer at the forefront” despite the now no longer acceptable public ‘hunting’ for the former Chancellor,” the letter said. He would “rejoice at the chance of being able to find a mutually acceptable arrangement ‘on an equal footing’ by way of discussion.”
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