Hundt, a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), requested to be relieved of his duties from the governing mayor, Kai Wegner, who has agreed to the request. This decision comes in the wake of investigative reports by Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) and Radio Berlin Brandenburg (RBB), which allege that an investigation is underway in Dresden concerning various insolvency crimes linked to Hundt’s business. Hundt has dismissed the reports as a ‘media campaign’ and had only assumed his position in March.