Assertion: party's member | /r/CapableOf | form alternative party
Facets:
value: under former spd leader oskar lafontaine
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Thousands of party members left the SPD in protest over cuts in what were considered sacred programs, such as unemployment benefits and health care, and some ex-SPD members formed an alternative party under former SPD leader Oskar Lafontaine; the new party jointly campaigned in 2005 with the eastern-based Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS).