Per FT.com, some German parliament members are accused of  leaking results of last Saturday’s presidential election via Twitter, as the nation’s politicians begin their investigation today.

The outcome of Hörst Koehler’s  re-election as Germany’s president was published on Twitter  almost 15 minutes before the result was officially announced.

Although Koehler was heavily favored to win, the apparent breach of the election protocol has vexed seasoned members of Germany’s parliament.

Twitter users also find the news perplexing:

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   axelhorns (Munich, Germany) Berlin “Twitter-Gate” – German MPs tweeted election results for Bundespräsident Köhler early: heavy quarrelling on Twitter use in Parliament 26 May 2009 from web
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   Katikat (Germany) Germany’s idiotic politicians should not be allowed to twitter. They gave away the result of the pres elections 15min before it was offical 26 May 2009 from web
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   AnnaU52 (Hamburg, Germany) loves the fact that the final result of the election of the federal president of Germany was on twitter before it was offical 26 May 2009 from web
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   me_Jochen (Sønderborg, Germany) Germany has its #twitter crisis. Two members of parliament twittered about the outcome of the president election, before it was official. 27 May 2009 from mbpidgin
5. 
   brunotoledo (London, England) @RealBillBailey the dangers of twitter! Apparently some politicians in Germany tweeted an election result before they were official 27 May 2009 from dabr in reply to RealBillBailey
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   tim (London, England) German MPs under fire for Twitter leak: http://bit.ly/NNvX1 Any other good examples of Twitter gaffes from politicians? 27 May 2009 from web

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