The Central Council accuses the Berlin Left of having a deep structural problem
Criticism after election party with clan leader and terror supporter
Quick Look
- The Central Council of Jews accuses the Berlin Left Party of a lack of understanding of democracy after an election party with controversial guests.
- A clan leader and a supporter of the terrorist organization PFLP were present at the celebration in Neukölln.
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Why It Matters
The Central Council of Jews has accused the Berlin Left Party of having a deep structural problem with its understanding of democracy.
The Central Council of Jews has accused the Berlin regional association of the Left Party of having a “deep structural problem with the understanding of democracy”. The fact that “criminal clan leaders and terrorist supporters were tolerated” at an election party organized by the Berlin Left after the House of Representatives election was “not an accident,” explained Central Council President Josef Schuster on Tuesday. Rather, the incident reveals “a deep structural problem with the party’s understanding of democracy.”
The Left Party with top candidate Elif Eralp clearly won the elections to the Berlin House of Representatives on Sunday. On the evening of the election it became known that the notorious clan leader Issa Remmo appeared at the election party of the Left District Association in Neukölln. Also present was Ibrahim Ibrahim, a pro-Palestinian activist and supporter of the terrorist organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). The Berlin State Office for the Protection of the Constitution even considers Ibrahim's “United Palestinian National Committee” to be a networking platform for Hamas and the PFLP in Germany.
There have been repeated accusations of anti-Semitism against parts of the Berlin left. Now connections to the organized crime milieu also became an issue. The left-wing Bundestag member Ferat Koçak admitted contacts with Issa Remmo's son. According to the group leadership, he is suspending his parliamentary functions for the time being – “until full transparency is achieved”. Members of the Remmo clan are accused of numerous crimes, such as participating in the theft of a 100 kilo gold coin from Berlin's Bode Museum and breaking into the Green Vault in Dresden.
“Systematic pattern”
The events in Neukölln showed a “systematic pattern in which anti-Semitism in parts of the left is trivialized and disguised as supposed political activism,” explained Central Council President Schuster. The party leadership's previous action plans turned out to be "pure lip service and subsequent distancing as completely implausible."
Open Questions
- What further consequences does the party leadership draw?
- How does the regional association react to the allegations?
