Merkel’s candidate could not make it through the first two rounds of voting in the presidential elections. Thus Angel Merkel the German Chancellor is forcing a special third round of voting.
But it is a well know fact that the appointment of the ceremonial head of the state is very straightforward and if there is a loss for Angela Markel’s candidate, it would push her government in ruins.
In the word of Nils Diedrich who is a political scientist at Berlin’s Free University as told to the AFP news agency, in case Wluff lost in the elections, it would lead to an enormous loss of face.
However, according to other observation by Alan Fisher who is a news correspondent in Berlin, the decline in voting has proved to be a challenge to Markel’s’ Authority.
According to the results of presidential elections, Christian Wluff from the Merkel Coalition has secured 615 votes in the second round and it needs another 623 for an absolute majority.
Opposition candidates Joachim Gauck from Social Democrats won 490 votes in the ballot of 1,244 Mps and other public figures. The ballot is being conducted following the resignation of Horst Koehler on 31st May.
According to Koehler, he has resigned following criticism of the Germany Military’s role abroad. If elected Wulff would be the youngest ever president of Germany.
[Source: AP]