Ramelow calls on Koçak to clarify his connections to Remmos and PFLP

Thuringia's former Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow (Left) asked his party colleague Ferat Koçak for clarification in the debate about anti-Semitism among the Berlin Left. “Ferat must clarify his connections to the Remmos and to organizations close to the PFLP,” he told the “taz”. If Bundestag member Koçak wants to support the left's top candidate Elif Eralp, he must quickly provide clarity.

Since election Sunday, there has been a nationwide discussion about anti-Semitism on the left and contacts of party members with the clan milieu. An election party organized by the Berlin-Neukölln Left district association caused a great stir. On Sunday evening, in addition to a well-known clan figure, a pro-Palestinian activist who was close to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), which is classified as a terrorist organization by the EU, was present.

Koçak also came under pressure because he had been in chat contact with a son of the extended Remmo family, which is associated with the clan milieu, and asked him for help in distributing a video in which Koçak critically addressed the term clan crime.

Several members of this family were convicted of numerous crimes and acts of violence. Ramelow said it doesn't help to complain about "the fact that Remmo was once a guest at the CDU. That won't be of any use."