Overview
- The exclusion took immediate effect following Monday's internal vote, the parliamentary group said.
- According to the faction, Lieschke covertly recorded an early-December county leadership videoconference and forwarded the audio file.
- The group says he failed to refute the allegations during an internal discussion and has not responded publicly.
- Leaders framed the move as necessary to protect the faction and to maintain trustful parliamentary work.
- Lieschke is the AfD state treasurer and number 20 on the party’s list for the September 6 Saxony-Anhalt election, where polls currently show the AfD leading.