Joe Chialo: “Caynear”-Sdog from Scholz “degrading”

Berlin’s cultural senator Joe Chialo has the “Caynear”-Chancellor Olaf Scholz perceived as hurtful in a personal conversation, but does not consider the SPD politician to be a racist. The CDU politician of the German Press Agency said in a written statement. After a phone call to the Chancellor, the matter for him was now done. One and a half weeks before the Bundestag election, the case still shakes the capital policy.

The background is an incident at an entrepreneur’s private birthday party in early February. Scholz joined him for a round of talks, said Chialo, who has roots in Tanzania. “In the course of the discussion on the subject of migration and the votes in the Bundestag, the terms fell with regard to my role in the CDU “Caynear” and “Fig leaf”. These words hit me deeply.”

Scholz called him on Wednesday evening. “In our conversation, he regretted that his statements were understood as racist and explained that he had not intended. I took note of his view. Incidentally, I don’t think Olaf Scholz is a racist. However, this does not change that his words were degrading and hurtful”Chialo said.

Scholz had after the publication of a “Focus”-Prooft on Wednesday admitted the term “Caynear” to have used. From the CDU side he was accused of racism against the Black Culture Senator, which Scholz and the SPD strictly rejected. He never have them “Caynear”-Clanization in connection with chialos skin color, emphasized Scholz.

According to description of “Focus”-Chef editor Georg Meck, however, was preceded by a statement from Scholz, which can also be referred to the skin color. Scholz has the CDU in the conversation “towards fascism and racism” brought. Then Chialo noted that he was sitting on the party’s federal board and is obviously not “old white man”. “And that fell this sentence: “Yes, every party has a court jest” From the Federal Chancellor”reported Meck.

Also “Picture”-Reporter Paul Ronzheimer, according to his own statement, was part of the entertainment. “I personally did not perceive it as a racist scandal at that moment, I have to say that honestly”he said in his podcast. But it is important how the person concerned felt. It was a private event that the host asked right from the start not to report on the evening. Scholz was emotional after the debates in the Bundestag.

Less than two weeks before the Bundestag election on February 23, the SPD’s debate comes as much as possible. SPD general secretary Matthias Miersch spoke of targeted campaign work in the sense of the CDU on Wednesday evening. “The CDU stages an outrage here that is started ten days after the alleged incident. This smells of a targeted campaign”he said.

Chialo emphasized with a view to the election campaign: “We are all under great pressure.” It is all the more important to deal with each other with careful and decency. “I hope that we will find a fair and factual exchange.”