German president quits: Your comments
20.05.12
German President Christian Wulff has announced his resignation.
An ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel, Mr Wulff is embroiled in a scandal over a home loan that he accepted when he was premier of Lower Saxony.
BBC News website readers in Germany have been sharing their thoughts.
Your comments
Christian Wulff has made several mistakes, especially on the communication side. From a legal point of view he has not been accused of any erratic behaviour until today, but the criticism saying he would be missing his credibility due to all the rumours was the tenor of the whole discussion over the weeks. The fact that there will now be a preliminary investigation by public prosecution which is a routine procedure - not for the head of state, though - still does not prove anything. The part of German society who did not want to accept a self-righteous prejudgement but who wanted to wait for the official investigations bringing forward any evidence have
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