Susanne Hennig-Wellsow resigned yesterday as the co-party-chief of the Linke Party.
Big deal? Well....there are several pieces to this story.
First, part of the excuse she gave is that there are suspected sexual assault cases that have occurred within the party. There is more rumor than fact....on this idea. It does appear that some episodes have occurred, and the leadership of the party has refused to conduct an investigation or simply left it to the police.
Second, after that Saarland election....you can say there was a massive loss for the Linke Party in the state election. It doesn't look that great in the next two state elections for the far left party.
Finally, this was a co-chief situation....meaning the party worked up the idea of having two women as party chiefs. Just my general take, but I don't think the two individuals (second being Janine Wissler) were getting along that great.
Is the Linke Party in trouble? 15 May is the next state election, in NRW. Expected polling for the Linke Party? Showing mostly 2 to 4 percent presently.....not that great.
Schlesweg-Holstein on the 8th of May? Same story....2 to 4 percent.
Lower-Saxony on the 9th of October? Same story.....2 to 4 percent.
If you ask me....the party by 2023 will be pretty desperate, and seeing past-voters moving over to the Green Party.
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