Hesse shocked discharge affair: Messari-Becker under heavy pressure!

Hesse shocked discharge affair: Messari-Becker under heavy pressure!

Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Deutschland - in Hesse is bubbling: the dismissal of Lamia Messari-Becker, the former State Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Affairs, causes excitement and sometimes heated debates. Kaweh Mansori, Hesse's SPD Minister of Economics, reported in an investigation committee that a dispute between Messari-Becker and a State Secretary from Baden-Württemberg in May 2022 was said to have had a serious influence on the Hessian position in a fireplace interview. According to a witness, a head of unit in the ministry, Messari-Becker had "very researched" her arguments and led this to a blockade. Particularly explosive: In this heated situation, the ex-State Secretary said that she was "able to correctly understand German texts", which caused stunned silence among those present. In this context, it became clear that Mansoori Messari-Becker had released in July 2024 due to an "unacceptable misconduct", but without going into detail. The allegations against them include the abuse of their position in order to obtain a better Abitur grade for their daughter. Messari-Becker vehemently contradicts these allegations.

But the situation is even more complex. The headmaster, who appeared as a key to the committee of inquiry, expressed serious allegations against Messari-Becker, spoke of call murder and defamation. At the same time, he regretted the circumstances of her dismissal and emphasized that he had never spoken of misconduct or demanded consequences. He admitted that he felt that he was put under pressure, to improve a grade in the parents' discussion, and that the circumstances were strange, in particular the direct phone calls between his office manager and the Ministry. During the committee meeting, this point led to an irritated change of word between the headmaster and the FDP chairman Oliver Stirböck, where the government parties CDU and SPD confirmed the credibility of the statements from the witness wars.

emotional riots and tensions

The emotional reactions of Messari-Becker in the course of their conversation with Mansori show the personal drama behind the political turbulence. MANSORI, who commented on her discharge at the meeting, said to Messari-Becker: "Lamia, you have crossed a border." These words let the mood in the room escalate even more. The entire incident not only raises questions about the integrity of the administration, but also about the structures that can favor such problems in public administration. Administrative scandals are not a new phenomenon in Germany; The number of such incidents increased in the 1980s. Reports show that false behavior and corruption are deeper in the structures, often accompanied by a lack of transparency and high expectations of personal integrity of the civil servants.

The complexity of the situation is reinforced by the fact that there are also documented incidents in the past about Messari-Becker, which indicates that a legal dispute between it and the ministry is not excluded. The conditions that led to the announcement of these allegations are difficult to understand, which contributes to the general uncertainty in the political landscape of Hesse. Against this background, the public has to wonder how the standards and rules of conduct are ordered in the administration and how such scandals can be prevented.

The committee of inquiry now has to clarify how deep the problems actually be enough and to what extent measures have to be taken to restore confidence in the public institutions in Hesse. In order to counteract corruption and abuse of public authorities, transparency and openness is required so that the teachings from these incidents do not forget.