Bundestag MP Ulla Jelpke, however, believes that the CSU proposal is a "purely populist campaign" which is supposed to distract people's attention from the failures and shortcomings of the German security forces that became evident during the recent terrorist attack in Berlin.
"Many things which the CSU demands already exist. But they are not being implemented," the politician said.
According to Jelpke, the man responsible for the terrorist attack in Berlin, Anis Amri, could have been arrested long before rhe deadly attack. There were legal preconditions to do so, no one bothered to put this in practice, the politician argued.
"If a person is dangerous — and this was definitely true in Amri's case as he was on the list of such people — there is a possibility of taking him under arrest for more than two days. This requires evidence," the politician said, adding that in Amri's case there was a proof that the police could have used to arrest him.
Of course it is difficult to monitor all dangerous suspects seven days a week, the politician argued. But the fact is that Amri had already been spotted by special services abroad.
"Why did no one know that he set a shelter for refugees in Italy on fire and committed other crimes?" the politician asked. "When he says that he wants to commit attacks and buy weapons, then I think one needs to take him under control, but no one did," the politician concluded.
Amri had previously caught the attention of intelligence officials who suspected that he was planning an attack. There are reports that he had planned a robbery to fund the purchase of automatic weapons to carry out his plot.
