Rød Ungdom member resigns from the youth party after the leader’s terrorist plot

The Kristiansand politician, who has sat on Rød Undom’s central board for several years, announces the decision in a Facebook post. There she also writes that she retains her membership in the mother party, writes The friend of the fatherland.

– You cannot be the leader of a youth party and behave like an internet troll, then dismiss it as a joke when criticized, says Ayat Majbel Saeid.

The background for the decision is a Tiktok post that RU leader Amrit Kaur published on Friday. Here she labeled Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg and oil fund chief Nicolai Tangen as terrorists, among others. Kaur later apologized for calling Støre a terrorist and deleted the video.

Alberte Bekkhus, former leader of Rød Ungdom, announced on Saturday that she is resigning following the RU leader’s move.

– Today I resigned with a heavy heart from the organization I grew up in, wrote Brekkhus on his open Facebook page.

Several high-profile Rødt politicians have also come out with strong criticism of the RU leader. On Saturday, former party leader Bjørnar Moxnes wrote on Facebook that he has been contacted by several Rødt people who are counting on the buttons as to whether they should continue in the party or opt out, writes NRK.

– To these I would like to say that yesterday’s statements do not represent us, Moxnes wrote.