According to Innsbruck’s deputy mayor Johannes Anzengruber, “the basis” should decide who will be the ÖVP’s top candidate in the spring elections. He has already made advances with gifts to the same. Other organizations were also supplied – in total he is said to have distributed more than 4000 leisure experience cards. Other parties are outraged!
Anzengruber demands a membership survey within his party in order to decide who will be the ÖVP’s mayoral candidate in Innsbruck. In a letter to LH Anton Mattle, he made that very clear. Idea appears in a new light Apart from the fact that the statutes of the ÖVP do not provide for such a thing, Anzengruber’s idea appears in a new light against the background of his most recent distribution campaign . Because first distributing 1100 leisure cards to institutions for which he is politically responsible, and at the same time demanding the involvement of voters in strategic decisions, is a maneuver that is not very difficult to see through. No basis required for vice postInteresting in this one too Connection that Anzengruber generously waived the right to have a say on the grassroots level when he was appointed Deputy Mayor. The decisions made by the party committees were apparently still good enough. The affair is expanding. On Wednesday, further reports emerged that the 1,100 cards distributed to firefighters and nurses did not stop there: Also employees of the Innsbruck social services (rumored 1,400), water rescue , Red Cross and mountain rescue service were apparently richly gifted – each with a picture of the smiling deputy Anzengruber. In total, around 4000 cards are said to have been distributed. The fact is: the action is drawing circles, also politically. Even the Greens keep their distance because the other parties are not willing to accept the distribution campaign without criticism. The Greens, who have always defended Anzengruber against his own party – which is a treat in itself – are keeping their distance. They feel alienated: “Instead of distributing things to a selected group, Anzengruber should in invest the big picture. The Innsbruck Aktiv Card, as we proposed, would mean social participation for people with few resources,” says green club chairman Dejan Lukovic. In addition, one expects the deputy mayor “a good explanation of how these distributions came about”. “. He expects “full enlightenment” here. Passing on tickets as a gift is “not a formality, the relevant committee decisions must be made here”. Plach locates “clear overstepping of authority”. Neos: “Shameless action” “A completely aloof, shameless action”, judges Neos-GR Julia Seidl: “In my view, the mayor should become active as a district captain and have the matter checked legally, because as an elected official the deputy is an employee of the city of Innsbruck. In any case, we reserve the right to take further legal action.” List Fritz control party: Harm for everyone “The allegations that have been made weigh heavily,” says List-Fritz-GR Tom Mayer: “The approach taken by ÖVP Vice Anzengruber is for us as a control party intransparent and in need of clarification, incomprehensible and undemocratic. He harms the recipient, himself and the reputation of the city of Innsbruck. Not even Anzengruber himself – although he demands transparency and “clean politics” at every opportunity. There is no sign of de-escalation in the city’s ÖVP. On the contrary, the signs point to a storm. And nobody wants to intervene as a crisis fire brigade.
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