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Berlin / Munich (dpa) - In the dispute over the political filling of supreme court positions, the German Association of Judges publicly opposes Federal Justice Minister Christine Lambrecht.
The professional association accused the SPD politician on Friday of jeopardizing the reputation of the judiciary: "It does not throw a good light on the independence of the judiciary if the public impression arises that top judicial posts are primarily filled on the basis of party-political considerations," they said both association chairmen Barbara Stockinger and Joachim Lüblinghoff.
The reason for the sharp criticism is the impending replacement of the presidium at the Federal Finance Court (BFH) in Munich, the highest German tax court.
According to reports, Lambrecht wants to promote two politically acceptable candidates to presidential and vice-presidential posts who do not meet the requirements agreed by the ministry and federal courts in 2016.
This has not been officially confirmed.
The planned president is Hans-Josef Thesling, an official close to the CDU in the North Rhine-Westphalian Ministry of Justice.
Anke Morsch, currently President of the Saarland Finance Court and former SPD State Secretary, is selected as Vice President.
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The “requirement profile” for management positions at the federal courts, which Lambrecht overruled, provides for five years of experience at the respective federal court, which both Thesling and Morsch lack.
The presidents of the other federal courts had also lodged an objection to a unilateral change in the requirements by the ministry in recent months.
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