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BackRamelow fordert Aufklärung von Koçak zu Clan- und PFLP-Kontakten
Ramelow fordert Aufklärung von Koçak zu Clan- und PFLP-Kontakten
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Ramelow fordert Aufklärung von Koçak zu Clan- und PFLP-Kontakten

Thüringens Ex-Ministerpräsident Bodo Ramelow verlangt von seinem Parteikollegen Ferat Koçak eine Distanzierung von umstrittenen Verbindungen.

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  • Bodo Ramelow (Linke) fordert den Bundestagsabgeordneten Ferat Koçak zur Aufklärung über Kontakte zur Remmo-Großfamilie und PFLP-nahen Kreisen auf.
  • Hintergrund ist die Teilnahme an einer umstrittenen Wahlparty des Linke-Kreisverbands Berlin-Neukölln.

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Die PFLP wird von der EU als Terrororganisation eingestuft. Mitglieder der Familie Remmo wurden wegen zahlreicher Verbrechen verurteilt.

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Thüringens Ex-Ministerpräsident Bodo Ramelow (Linke) hat in der Debatte über Antisemitismus bei der Berliner Linken seinen Parteikollegen Ferat Koçak zu einer Klarstellung aufgefordert. «Ferat muss seine Verbindungen zu den Remmos und zu PFLP-nahen Organisationen aufklären», sagte er der «taz». Wenn der Bundestagsabgeordnete Koçak die Linken-Spitzenkandidatin Elif Eralp unterstützen wolle, müsse er schnell für Klarheit sorgen.

Seit dem Wahlsonntag wird bundesweit über Antisemitismus bei der Linken und Kontakten von Parteimitgliedern ins Clan-Milieu diskutiert. Großen Wirbel verursachte eine Wahlparty des Linke-Kreisverbands Berlin-Neukölln, bei der am Sonntagabend neben einer bekannten Clan-Größe auch ein propalästinensischer Aktivist anwesend war, der der Volksfront für die Befreiung Palästinas (PFLP) nahestehen soll, die von der EU als Terrororganisation eingestuft wird.

Der Neuköllner Bundestagsabgeordnete Koçak war neben dem Aktivisten auf Fotos von der Wahlparty in sozialen Medien zu sehen. Ramelow sagte: «Wer Israel eliminieren will wie die PFLP, darf für die Linke kein Gesprächspartner und kein Freund sein.»

Koçak war zudem unter Druck geraten, weil er in Chatkontakt mit einem Sohn der dem Clan-Milieu zugeordneten Großfamilie Remmo gestanden und ihn um Hilfe bei der Verbreitung eines Videos gebeten hatte, in dem sich Koçak kritisch mit dem Begriff Clan-Kriminalität auseinandersetzt. Mehrere Mitglieder dieser Familie wurden wegen zahlreicher Verbrechen und Gewalttaten verurteilt. Ramelow sagte, es helfe nichts, sich darüber zu beklagen, «dass der Remmo doch auch mal bei der CDU zu Gast war. Das wird nichts nutzen.»

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  • Wie wird Ferat Koçak auf die Forderung reagieren?
  • Welche Konsequenzen zieht die Parteispitze der Linken?

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