BVerfG 2 BvC 1/09•Dismissal of election complaint as inadmissible; no constitutional doubts about § 48 BVerfGG
BVerfG 2 BvC 1/09Bverfg / 2a divisione5 mag 2010Dismissed
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The Federal Constitutional Court dismissed an election complaint and a request for interim relief as inadmissible, referring to the reasons previously communicated by the rapporteur. It also rejected constitutional objections to § 48 BVerfGG, holding that election review belongs to the Bundestag under Art. 41(1) sentence 1 GG and that the length of Bundestag objection proceedings does not change this allocation. Because the complaint had no sufficient prospect of success, legal aid and appointment of counsel were refused.
Art. 41 Abs. 1 S. 1 GG, § 48 Abs. 1 BVerfGG; election complaint against Bundestag election validation only after rejection of the objection: the Basic Law assigns election review to the Bundestag, so the statutory restriction of judicial complaint access to cases in which the Bundestag has dismissed the objection is constitutionally unobjectionable. Possible delays in parliamentary objection proceedings do not justify a different assessment. In the absence of sufficient prospects of success, legal aid and appointment of counsel are to be refused by analogy to § 114 S. 1 ZPO; under § 24 S. 2 BVerfGG the Court may dispense with further reasons.
Entscheidungsdatum: 2010-05-05
Aktenzeichen: 2 BvC 1/09
ECLI: ECLI:DE:BVerfG:2010:cs20100505.2bvc000109
Dokumenttyp: Beschluss
Normen: Art 41 Abs 1 S 1 GG, § 24 S 2 BVerfGG, § 48 Abs 1 BVerfGG
Spruchkörper: 2. Senat
Verwerfung einer Wahlprüfungsbeschwerde wegen Unzulässigkeit (A-Limine-Abweisung) - keine verfassungsrechtlichen Bedenken gegen § 48 BVerfGG
1 Die Wahlprüfungsbeschwerde und der Antrag auf Erlass einer einstweiligen Anordnung sind aus den im Berichterstatterschreiben vom 21. Dezember 2009 mitgeteilten Gründen unzulässig.
2 Verfassungsrechtliche Bedenken gegen die Regelung in § 48 BVerfGG, wonach ein Wahlberechtigter nur dann Beschwerde gegen den Beschluss des Bundestages über die Gültigkeit einer Wahl erheben kann, wenn sein Einspruch vom Bundestag verworfen wurde, bestehen nicht. Dies folgt schon aus Art. 41 Abs. 1 Satz 1 GG, nach dem die Wahlprüfung Sache des Bundestages ist. Der Hinweis des Beschwerdeführers auf die potenzielle Dauer von Einspruchsverfahren vor dem Bundestag vermag daran nichts zu ändern.
3 Mangels hinreichender Aussicht auf Erfolg ist auch der Antrag auf Bewilligung von Prozesskostenhilfe und Beiordnung eines Rechtsanwalts abzulehnen (§ 114 Satz 1 ZPO analog).
4 Von einer weiteren Begründung wird gemäß § 24 Satz 2 BVerfGG abgesehen.
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Admissibility of the election complaint and request for interim relief
Both the election complaint and the application for an interim injunction were inadmissible for the reasons communicated in the rapporteur's letter of 21 December 2009.
The Court relied on the reasons previously notified and did not find a basis to entertain the filings.
Constitutional compatibility of § 48 BVerfGG limiting election complaints to rejected objections
There are no constitutional concerns against § 48 BVerfGG; a voter may file a complaint only if the Bundestag rejected the objection.
Under Art. 41(1) sentence 1 GG, election review is entrusted to the Bundestag. The possible duration of Bundestag objection proceedings does not alter that allocation.
Legal aid and appointment of counsel
Legal aid and appointment of counsel were refused because the complaint had no sufficient prospect of success.
Without adequate prospects of success, the statutory conditions for legal aid were not met by analogy to § 114 sentence 1 ZPO.
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