Saxony's Constitutional Court in Leipzig has dealt with the right of parliamentary groups in the Saxon state parliament to ask questions. Specifically, it dealt with a major question on data protection submitted by the left-wing parliamentary group in December 2023 with a total of 1,090 questions. The Left Party wanted to know how the Free State uses registration data and what precautions it takes to protect it. The Ministry of the Interior refused to answer due to the scope of the questions. Following the Left's complaint, it is now up to the Constitutional Court with the so-called Organstreit proceedings.
President of the state parliament had examined the major enquiry
The president of the state parliament at the time had examined the specific inquiry and had no reservations. For the state parliament administration, "short and specific" refers to the general question and not to the number of questions, explained representatives of the institution at the hearing. The content-related deficiencies and the general competence of the state government would be examined.
State government: ability to act would be impaired
The representative of the state government had argued that the effort required to answer the questions would have been so high that it would have impaired the state government's ability to act. Moreover, the possibility of answering only individual questions had not arisen. Extending the deadline by a few weeks would not have helped either.
The Constitutional Court did not reach a decision after the hearing. It intends to announce a date for the pronouncement at a later date.
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