GOP begins to present retirement requests against DFL legislators

The Minnesota Republican Party is following a promise of Remember the DFL Casa Legislators WHO did not appear during the first three weeks of the legislative session.

DFL members said they stayed away from the cameras of the house to avoid a quorum. They asked the Republicans to share the leadership, and the camera is expected to be tied 67 to 67 again after an upcoming special choice.

The boycott ended last week when an energy exchange agreement was reached.

“When they do not appear to work and are playing a game, there must be consequences for that,” said Alex Plechash, president of the Minnesota Republican Party. “Normally, you would shoot those people in the civil world.”

Cassandra Knudson, a spokeswoman for the Minnesota Secretary of State Secretary, confirmed on Friday that 10 retirement requests were presented so far this week, including a republican legislator.

Petitions against representative Melissa Hortman, representative Brion Curran, representative Kristin Bahner, representative Lucy Rehm, representative Julie Greene, representative Steve Elkins, met the requirements under the state statute and were sent to the courts. The Secretary of State’s office is still reviewing requests against representative Matt Norris, representative Brad Tabke, representative Dan Wolgamott, Knudson said.

The Minnesota Republican Party said it began as a base effort, which won impulse. The signature collection is underway in dozens of other districts of the house.

“I think we already have 40 districts that have more than enough signatures,” Plechash said. “The remaining, we will obtain those firms, so ultimately, we will present the memory of all of them.”

Plechash said that the signature collection is underway in dozens of other camera districts.

“If you steal a bank and return the money, you still stole the bank. That is exactly what DFL did to taxpayers: collect more than $ 300,000 in payment while refusing to appear at work, ”said Plechash in a statement. “They abandoned their constitutional duties, closed the legislative process and denied the representation of millions of minnesotanos. There must be consequences. “

A DFL house spokesman sent the following statement to 5 news of eyewitnesses:

“Republicans have presented frivolous retirement requests before they have dismissed, and we are sure that these frivolous retirement requests will also be dismissed. Democrats have been doing our work completely every day, and there is no basis for a retirement. ”

According to state law, recovery requests may appear against elected officials in cases of embezzlement, not feast or serious crimes.

Malversation is defined as “doing something intentionally illegal or incorrect while performing office tasks”; Non -phase is “intentional and repeatedly that does not perform the required duties of the office”; And the “serious crime” refers to a variety of minor crimes that include assault, aggravated driving in drunk and harassment. A sentence for severe crime results in automatic expulsion.

The recovery process is long and expensive.

According to him Minnesota House websiteA retirement request must be signed by 25 voters in the district of an elected official before it can be reviewed by the Secretary of State, which then determines if it is valid and must go to the Supreme Court of Minnesota for an additional review. The court designates a special teacher to carry out an additional review, including a public hearing.

Then, the court reviews the findings of the special teacher. If the reasons for a retirement are fulfilled, the Secretary of State issues a new request, which must be signed by at least 25% of the number of voters who voted for that office in recent elections. If that is successful, the governor establishes an election date.

“We may not go to the memory of the 66 at the end, we can focus on very few, but we will call them to the task until the end,” said Plechash, who expects this to be 10 -Chree of the month.

While Republicans threaten the market withdrawals about non -holiday statements, Democrats have said that they could bring retirement requests from their own embezzlement, as was the case of representative Quam.

The voters who presented the request for retirement against Quam say that he committed embezzlement by “carrying out business and voting about the legislation in the Capitol during the non -quorum period.”

Quam told Kaal-Tv Earlier this week, he was surprised to learn about the retirement request and said he was doing the job he was chosen to do.