Criticism of Luckenwalde: Why three mayor candidates are missing!

Criticism of Luckenwalde: Why three mayor candidates are missing!

Luckenwalde, Deutschland - in Luckenwalde it will be exciting. On Monday, July 7th, an event of the "Bündnis Democratic Teltow-Fläming e.V." (Bdtf) that deals with the topics of business and culture. This is part of a series that aims to create an open exchange to promote local culture. Three candidates for the mayoral election were invited to the event: Matthias Grunert from the SPD, Jochen Neumann, who is non -party, and Gordon Roth from "Together for Luckenwalde".

The mayoral election in Luckenwalde is firmly on the calendar for September 28th. A total of seven candidates were set up for it, but only three have found their way to the event. The non -invited candidates, including Sven Eppinger and Andreas Teichert, exercise sharp criticism of the decision of the BDTF and see them as a lack of transparency and democracy. You have already understood that you will not accept the invitation. Olaf Wendel and Felix Menzel want to participate from the four uninvited candidates.

Felix Menzel - a candidate with profile

Felix Menzel, who was nominated by the CDU as a candidate for mayor, is 37 years old and family father. Menzel has a variety of experiences, including as a speaker in the Ministry of Justice and Digitization in Potsdam, as well as as President of the 1st Luckenwald sports club. Formerly Junior European Champion in freestyle rings, he has also been involved as a member of the district council. His goals for Luckenwalde are clear: to promote the city economically, to promote social cohesion and to further develop Luckenwalde as a sports city.

The BDTF justifies its selection of the invited candidates with their practical feasibility and the different perspectives that they can contribute to cultural promotion. Although this event is not referred to as the election forum, the BDTF plans to create a place for all seven candidates in the second half of the program to offer the other voices a platform.

The importance of the local elections

The upcoming local elections in Germany, which also include the mayoral election in Luckenwalde, are of great importance. They include not only the choice of municipal parliaments, but also the direct election of the mayors. According to [BPB], these elections are anchored in the Basic Law and are intended to ensure representation of the people through free and same elections. As a rule, the mayors are elected for five to eight years. It is interesting that mayoral elections are usually deeply linked to local conditions and specific party systems.

The possibility of either accumulating or paning their voices for being able to cumulate their voices, also increases the opportunities for smaller parties. Since 2008, even smaller groups without a blocking clause have participated in the elections, which brings new dynamics into political competition.

It remains to be seen how the election campaign will develop until the election on September 28th and what role the criticism of the distorted invitation list of the event will play. Mayor candidates have the chance to present their ideas and visions, and it is clear: there is still a lot to do for the future development of Luckenwalde.