Berlin: Berliner Linke fordert Mandatsverzicht von Emde
Die Berliner Linke hat schon länger Ärger mit ihrer propalästinensischen Abgeordneten Vanessa Emde. Nun fordert die Partei-Führung die Rückgabe ihres Mandats.
The leadership of Berlin's Left Party has called on controversial parliamentarian Vanessa Emde to resign her mandate. "We no longer trust her," declared Left Party landtag chairpersons Kerstin Wolter and Maximilian Schirmer after a meeting of the Landesvorstand. Emde faces accusations of violating the so-called mandate agreement, which all Left Party candidates had pledged to uphold.
This agreement committed the party's candidates to adhere to the party's decisions and program. Left politician Gregor Gysi has advocated for the expulsion of the controversial Berlin parliamentarian. "I hope we can exclude her," Gysi said previously in a podcast discussing Emde. Emde was elected to the Landtag on September 20th with a first-round vote of 46.2 percent in her constituency in Neukölln.
She has been under scrutiny for months due to her statements regarding the Middle East conflict, including accusations of questioning Israel's right to exist.
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