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After State Election, Alliance Announces Resistance Targeting Offices and Party Conferences

From Die Zeit · () German

Translated from German and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • The activist alliance "widersetzen" called for protests on the day Saxony's state premier is elected, although the date has not been set.
  • The group said it plans to mobilize thousands of people and surround the state parliament.
  • It warned that party offices and conferences could become targets if a democratic party helps the AfD take power.

The activist alliance "widersetzen" has called for mass protests on the day Saxony elects its next state premier, saying it plans to surround the state parliament.

The date of the election has not yet been set. The alliance said it wants to mobilize thousands of people after the AfD won the most votes by a clear margin in Sunday's state election.

"This is our warning: A democratic party that helps fascists come to power is no longer a democratic party. Then its offices and party conferences will also become legitimate targets," Elvan Akdeniz of the alliance said.

This is our warning: A democratic party that helps fascists come to power is no longer a democratic party. Then its offices and party conferences will also become legitimate targets.

· Elvan AkdenizThe activist alliance's warning about parties that could help the AfD take power.

Akdeniz said the group did not trust the CDU and BSW to rule out voting an AfD candidate into the state premier's office. Such a decision, she said, would leave them with historical responsibility. The planned action is to surround the state parliament on the election day.

According to its own account, widersetzen is a nationwide alliance with local groups in more than 80 cities.

We cannot trust the CDU and BSW not to elect an AfD state premier after all and thereby take on historical responsibility.

· Elvan AkdenizAkdeniz explained why the alliance called for protests on the election day.
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