Following Susanne Henning-Wellsow's resignation from the party leadership, supporters and members of the left complained sarcastically that the wrong chairwoman had resigned.
In fact, it seems bizarre that the Thuringian left assumed political responsibility for the "Me-Too" scandal in the party through no personal fault, while Janine Wissler remains co-chair despite serious allegations.
In the crisis meeting of the federal executive board, the former Hessian parliamentary group leader from the left wing was able to rely on advocates such as Ober-Realo Dietmar Bartsch.
The influential parliamentary group leader in the Bundestag rightly sees the left in a life-threatening condition.
It is better to support an ailing chairman than risk a leadership vacuum for months.
The unanimous vote of the executive committee for Wissler, who is fighting for her political survival, is a game for time.
Whether it can hold out until the next party congress is uncertain.
The hastily promised processing of dozens of sexual assaults and a "toxic macho culture" not only in Wissler's state association by external experts and independent advice centers for those affected is reminiscent of the practice of the Catholic Church.
The cliché that has now been announced about a new “culture of looking” seems mendacious.
Because for years people looked the other way.
Also from Wissler.