Scandal-hit German president resigns | Inquirer News

Scandal-hit German president resigns

/ 06:26 PM February 17, 2012

BERLIN – Scandal-hit

German President Christian Wulff. AFP file photo

announced Friday he was stepping down as head of state, a day after prosecutors asked parliament to lift his immunity from prosecution.

“I am … today stepping down from the office of federal president to free up the way quickly for a successor,” he said in a televised statement from his Bellevue palace.

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