Ministry feared legal dispute with ex-State Secretary

The office manager of the Hessian Minister of Economic Affairs Kaweh Mansori (SPD), in July 2024, received the order in his own words to document alleged misconduct by the former State Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Affairs. This was done on the advice of lawyers to prepare for a possible legal discussion, the 43-year-old said before the committee of inquiry in the state parliament in Wiesbaden.

Opposition: « sniffing »

The state parliament opposition had described this as « sniffing » in earlier weeks. In fact, it was too one process came at the Wiesbaden administrative court, in which the former State Secretary Lamia Messari -Becker (non -party) complained against her expulsion – and lost this procedure.

MANSOORI had publicly justified her dismissal in July 2024 with an “unacceptable misconduct” in private life, but without explaining this in more detail. According to several witnesses, he accuses the building physics professor in particular to have put pressure on the position as State Secretary in a parents’ discussion at the high school at the high school – for a better Abitur grade. Messari-Becker rejects this as wrong; She defends herself with lawyers and speaks of calls for reputation.

Office too small?

As a witness, the office manager reported that Messari-Becker had complained about her office in the ministry. It was too small for her, the former State Secretary « problematized » this assessment, said the 43-year-old. In the meantime, she has moved into this space herself and thinks the office “actually quite good”.

The other State Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Umut Sönmez (SPD), said as a witness, the professional expertise of the building physics professor Messari-Becker, also impressed him from the start, also her impressive career as a former immigrant-she comes from Morocco. To admit mistakes and to find compromises, but it is difficult for her. His relationship with her was also « not tension -free ». The combination of the office and private interests accused of her in a school parents’ discussion had « composed emotionally very emotionally ».

Minister for the time being the last invited witness

The committee of inquiry on the controversial dismissal of the State Secretary is about to take the end of his public evidence. On the early Thursday evening, Minister of Economics Minister Mansori was recently invited in the plenary hall of the Wiesbaden state parliament. In addition to Messari-Becker, it is considered the most important witness.