Impeachment and Removal
While in office the president enjoys immunity from prosecution and cannot be voted out of office or recalled. The only mechanism for removing the president is impeachment by the Bundestag or Bundesrat for willfully violating German law. Once the Bundestag impeaches the president, the Federal Constitutional Court is charged with determining if he or she is guilty of the offence. If the charge is sustained the court has authority to remove the president from office. While to date no president has ever been impeached, the Hanover State's Attorney requested for the removal of Wulff's immunity due to alleged credit fraud shortly before his resignation.
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