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AfD candidate elected vice mayor of Gelsenkirchen despite CDU-SPD plot to keep him out – Allah's Willing Executioners

Gelsenkirchen Deputy mayor Norbert Emmerich (Photo:ScreenshotYoutube)
A politician of the right-wing Alternative for Germany party (AfD) has been elected vice mayor of the German industrial city of Gelsenkirchen (North Rhine Westphalia) in a surprising vote by the local city council.
In the secret ballot on 11 December, AfD councilman Norbert Emmerich received three votes from councilmen of other parties – bringing his vote count up to 23, which was enough to secure the vice mayorship.
The result was a crushing defeat for Social Democrats (SPD) and Conservatives (CDU), who had joined forces to keep the right-wingers out of power and get their two candidates for vice mayor through – one SPD councilman and one CDU councilman.
Gelsenkirchen’s city council has 66 members. AfD and SPD both have 20 seats, the Conservatives have 12 seats. The remaining 14 seats are shared by nine small parties with one to three councilmen each.
It was not known which councilmen from other parties voted in …