The investigations against the former campaign manager, Christian Wulff could draw circles. What is the role of public utilities Wolfsburg? The SPD calls for a full investigation of the allegations and referred to as "mafia-like structures".
"Better!" That was the winning slogan, which had come up with Markus Karp for the election campaign of the CDU Lower Saxony 2003rd Many remembers how Karp, a young professor and CDU politician from Wolfsburg, his campaign approach, Regional Executive presented. As an American manager, he had occurred. "It was clear who can sell anything: CDU as well as diapers," says one who was there. Some found the campaign director of Christian Wulff little overexcited, others were impressed. The success gave Karp law. After two unsuccessful attempts, the CDU Wulff husband becomes prime minister in Hanover.
Karp, now 44, was always fast. At 32 he became a professor of business administration, marketing and more at the Technical University of Applied Sciences in Brandenburg Wildau. And in his homeland, the red collar city Wolfsburg, he makes 2001 the CDU-man Rolf Schnellecke, holder of an international freight forwarding, as mayor. Since then the two are friends. Quick corner for two years, an honorary professor at the University of Applied Sciences Wildau, and Karp - these are the strong men of the Wolfsburg-CDU.
Currently Markus Karp will not talk
Today, the CDU mayor twelve out of 16 in the Motor City - also because of Karp-driven campaigns. He makes much the same time. By 2006 he is chairman of the board of Stadtwerke Wolfsburg and vice-leader in the City Council, also from 2004 to 2005 Secretary of State of Brandenburg to the Minister for Science and Culture, Johanna Wanka, which brought the end of April this year, by Christian Wulff, the same office in Hanover exercises . dies as the commercial board of Stadtwerke Wolfsburg following a traffic accident, Karp is on 1 January 2006 his successor. A man of power is he, who get what he wanted to say. Chutzpah and talent he had, but too much promise, others.
currently not want to talk Mark Karp. Requests from the Sunday newspaper, he answered either orally or in writing. For 14 pages closely printed paper, which circulated for a week to have his life changed and the CDU Wolfsburg plunged into crisis. It could expand to the Lower Saxony CDU, its vibrations could be felt up to the Schloss Bellevue. Have written the pages Maik Nahrstedt, until recently, spokesman for the city of Wolfsburg, and two chief clerk of the municipal company. They were then sent to the Board of Public Utilities. Nahrstedt, now 42, and Karp were close friends since the days of the Junge Union, went on holiday together. Nahrstedt doing for years what Our mission Karp him. He got so access to circles, which he otherwise would have. Around the country-CDU to Christian Wulff, the Karp brought to Hanover.
for the Wulff-election campaign he had been "released half a day and often several days at a time at full pay by the utility from working in the public utilities" in Karp's request, writes Nahrstedt. The same was for many other political campaigns and was subject to a total of CDU-press work. Several times a week he had a Service stations in the city of Polo CDU regional office moved to Hanover, he had often taken Karp. Travel costs and costs for mobile phones, had been paid as in previous election campaigns of public utilities. Even a notebook along with wireless card, with monthly costs of € 500 were settled by that time until the present day about the city works.
The public prosecutor under investigation for embezzlement
Karp "develop into a kind of party headquarters of the CDU" Stadtwerke Wolfsburg have so Nahrstedt, and do enforce that two employees from the party team had been set there. A secretary was responsible, among other things, to bring CDU press releases and photos to local newspapers.
should have been in the CDU Wulff's team in Hannover, the "alls" from Wolfsburg initially suffered badly in the years 2002 and 2003. Karp and Olaf Glaeseker, then CDU Wulff's national spokesman and now spokesman for the Bellevue Palace might not today. In Wolfsburg believed CDU politician, Karp hope for a post as economics or science ministers in cabinet Wulff. He did not get. But he married Wulff's former secretary. Meanwhile, the public prosecutor
against Nahrstedt and Karp investigation for embezzlement, in the case of Karp's also because of the granting of favors. There are three other methods. One against Nahrstedt because of the spread of false claims - he should be the author of dozens of anonymous letters that were sent in the past year and a half of newspapers, broadcasters and members of parliament and which were directed against Karp. Five weeks ago the police had so the house and the offices of Nahrstedt searched, seized computers and files. Nahrstedt, chosen now to the works of the city works on an anti-Karp list has, in turn, denounced his former friend coercion - a confidant Karp is an attorney with a badly threatened because too much ordered VIP tickets for football games when he statement is not against Nahrstedt . In the case of VIP tickets - It's about a sum of 4,000 € - Nahrstedt and runs against the attorney another investigation on suspicion of embezzlement.
"We check whether there will be other defendants"
Markus Karp said in a statement the allegations as "unfounded, vicious and grotesque" has indicated. Maik Nahrstedt said. "I am 100 per cent of the statements we have made" in the CDU Wolfsburg do not comment much. The public prosecutor has recognized the urgency of the incident. The investigation should not the police Brunswick, but a higher police authority is transferred.
"We To examine whether there will be other defendants. One might expect, if there is complicity, "said Attorney General Joachim Geyer. You'll find the circumference, even if there is a limitation period for certain offenses for five years.
Text: FAZ
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