For a long time he refused to distance himself, Wednesday he started this tightrope walk – late, but still: Chancellor Karl Nehammer apologized for the “bad image that politics gives”. With limitations, but more on that later. Until recently, “criminal law was the red line” for Nehammer, but during the special session it sounded different: “Corruption has absolutely no place in Austria.”
Special treatment for the “elites does not exist with us,” and anyone who “plays tricks with taxpayers’ money has no business with us,” Nehammer clarified. But at the same time, he admits: “I don’t find anyone guilty, I’m not a judge.” From Nehammer’s point of view, everything else would be prejudice and thereby undermine the rule of law.
Nehammer expanded the responsibility
But Nehammer did not want to put the VP solely responsible for the political disappointment. He then immediately extended the responsibility to politics as a whole. He regrets “if the impression is created that people’s needs are not taken seriously because the political debate dominates”.
The opposition did not want to carry this bag. In Nehammer’s speech, Kickl only recognized “swiping candy” and “shaking responsibility, discarding the child, cleaning up, distracting and an unbelievable self-pity”.
Kickl also pulled a red card for National Council President Wolfgang Sobotka (ÖVP), who was accused by Schmid and sat in the chair behind him. SPÖ leader Pamela Rendi-Wagner said Denmark is showing that new elections are quite possible during the crisis.
Speaking of new elections, the voting behavior of the opposition was quite interesting: the red new election application was ultimately only approved by the SPÖ and Neos and thus was rejected. The Liberals were left alone with their vote of no confidence in the government. The opposition was apparently divided in unity.
Source: Krone
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