What a bad day for Markus Söder.
First, the public prosecutor's office in Berlin initiated investigations against the former CSU Minister of Transport Scheuer because of unsworn false statements in a committee of inquiry into the failed car toll.
Much more bitter for the CSU party leader, a year before his fateful election in Bavaria, is the resignation of his general secretary Stephan Mayer, which also surprised Söder.
And that after just over two months in office.
Even if the member of the Bundestag credibly revealed health problems to Söder, well-known threats to a journalist were decisive for Mayer's withdrawal.
Söder himself condemned his behavior as "completely inappropriate and unacceptable".
A choice of words that shows that he saw no future for him at the top of the CSU either.
Many in the party will now wonder how the power man Söder, who always attaches great importance to well-prepared personnel decisions, could have miscalculated.
With the appointment of Mayer, who achieved dream results for the CSU in the pilgrimage town of Altötting, Söder wanted to send a signal to regular voters.
His candidate stands for "conservative, Catholic, rural".
Will Söder now make the next turn with the criteria "liberal, non-denominational, urban"?
Or maybe bring a general secretary to his side?