“It is a snub to those who are honest and law abiding who will have the
feeling that the anti-corruption policies do not apply to politicians,”
said Vera Lengsfeld, a Christian Democrat and a former close ally of
Chancellor Merkel.
Many Germans are angry that, even after being disgraced, Mr Wulff will be
entitled to an income which is 16 times the average pension and five times
the median salary in Germany.
Christoph Butterwegge, a professor of political science at the Univeristy of
Cologne, said: “If I were Wulff, I would gone out the back door of the
Bellevue Castle.”
Jurgen Koppelin, a senior politician in the Free Democrats, Chancellor
Merkel’s coalition partners, has called for the abolition of the largely
ceremonial office of federal president following the scandal. “It
raises a fundamental question: Do we really need another president?,”
he said.
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