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Germanys Constitutional Court on Wednesday dismissed a complaint by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) over its exclusion from chairing committees in parliament. The judgement concerns two lawsuits filed by the partys parliamentary group, which has 77 of 733 seats in the Bundestag, Germanys lower house. Judge Doris König, the vice president of the Karlsruhe-based court, explained that the rules governing the selection and removal of committee chairs fall within the Bundestags remit. The AfD had submitted a complaint after traditional parties collaborated to exclude its lawmakers f