CSU regional group leader Alexander Dobrindt again reaped objections to his statement, the emergence of a “Air Conditioning RAF” must be prevented – by the head of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Thomas Haldenwang.
Contradiction and encouragement for the forms of protest by climate protection activists in recent months have not stopped – CSU regional group leader Alexander Dobrindt was particularly loud with his criticism. “The emergence of a climate RAF must be prevented”, said Dobrindt in the Bundestag. It applies “further radicalization in parts of the climate movement” to counteract.
Like many of his Union colleagues, Dobrindt called for tougher penalties for people who stuck to the streets, for example. In this way, imitators would be deterred, the CSU politician claimed, although it is at least highly controversial in criminological research that tougher sanctions actually prevent crime.
Thomas Haldenwang: Climate RAF is “nonsense”
That Dobrindt the activists of “last generation” and Co. came close to the terrorist group Red Army Faction (RAF), which murdered dozens of times in Germany from the 1970s to the 1990s, now provoked clear objections – from someone who is familiar with the subject: Thomas Haldenwang, head of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, called Dobrindt’s statements literally “nonsense”.
At an event hosted by Südwestrundfunk, Germany’s top secret service agent said: “The ‘Last Generation’ is actually such a special group now that they say we have to draw attention to ourselves through special actions. And what they do is actually a crime. You can’t argue with that. But committing crimes does not now make this group extremist.”
According to Haldenwang, it is not correct to talk about extremism or terrorism in this context: “In any case, I currently do not see that this group is directed against the free democratic basic order, and in this respect it is not an object of observation for the Office for the Protection of the Constitution.”
prosecution a matter for the judiciary
the “last generation” basically say: “‘Hey, government, you’ve been sleeping for so long, you finally have to do something'”according to Haldenwang. “Well, there is really no other way of expressing how much one actually respects this system when one asks the officials to act.”
He also thinks the chosen forms of protest are wrong, but the judiciary is there to prosecute criminals.
45 years ago today
“Operation Fire Magic” and Night of Death from Stammheim – with the “German autumn” end of the terror year 1977
RAF members committed at least 33 murders and injured hundreds. The terrorist organization is also responsible for kidnappings, bomb attacks, kidnappings and robberies. It caused serious domestic political challenges in the Federal Republic. In 1998 the RAF declared its self-dissolution.
Sources: news agencies DPA and AFP
Source: Stern
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