As announced, the AfD members of the Saxon state parliament have requested a committee of inquiry into the allocation of funding in the Ministry of Social Affairs. This was announced by the parliamentary group on Tuesday. The background to this is a special report by the State Court of Auditors, which criticized the implementation of a funding guideline for refugee integration and attested that the ministry had acted unlawfully to an "extraordinary extent".
The motion states that the committee should investigate responsibilities and clarify what shortcomings and problems exist in the Free State's funding practice, even independently of the guideline in question. The state parliament should decide on this within two weeks.
According to the constitution, the state parliament must set up a committee of inquiry if one fifth of the members are in favor of it. The AfD has the necessary number of votes with 35 members in the 119-seat state parliament.
The AfD accuses the responsible Minister of State Petra Köpping (SPD) of a "funding swamp". After the Court of Audit report became known, former State Secretary Sebastian Vogel was retired and the funding procedure was reorganized.
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