ÖVP boss Karl Nehammer declined to comment on the vociferous departure of his former secretary general Laura Sachslehner. In the press foyer after Wednesday’s Council of Ministers, he said when asked that this was not an issue at the government meeting: “We have dealt with real challenges.”
The succession issue will be resolved in the spirit of the ÖVP. The People’s Party has a “clear picture” of how it should be regulated.
Pendant waves it away
In any case, Andreas Hanger does not see himself in the role of secretary general of the People’s Party. After Sachslehner’s departure, he was traded in various media reports as her potential successor.
As VP faction leader in the U-Commission, he feels “busy with his current duties,” he said on Tuesday. There are currently no talks with him in this direction. However, he didn’t want to rule out anything completely.
Sachslehner: “I can no longer support the current course of the ÖVP on asylum issues”
Sachslehner withdrew last weekend after the party called off its attacks on the Greens over family bonuses for asylum seekers.
She then sharply criticized the current orientation of the People’s Party. She could no longer support the ÖVP’s current course on asylum issues, justifying the move in a “personal statement”. She wants to remain in the ÖVP councilor in Vienna.
Source: Krone
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