Would the Governor of Burgenland, Hans Peter Doskozil, be the better top candidate for the Reds? According to an SPÖ poll, the party would do better with him than with its current boss, Pamela Rendi-Wagner. While no comment has yet been made on this, the governor of Carinthia, Peter Kaiser, has now spoken out in the debate – with an investigation into surveys and leadership debates.
“(…) Others are engaged in surveys and unnecessary management debates, work is being done in Carinthia,” his spokesperson Andreas Schäfermeier wrote on Twitter. This is how “targeted, solidarity politics goes. At the initiative of LH Kaiser, precise support is paid to those who really need it.” Schäfermeier shared a tweet from Kaiser, who announced that the “Carinthia Bonus” would be paid out again from January 2023. In addition, it will be increased, the details will be clarified.
Who gets the bonus
So far, a one-time payment of 200 euros has been made. From January there will be four benefits and the income limits will be increased by ten percent. Currently, single parents and single persons with a monthly net income without special allowances of 1328 euros or households of two people with 1992 euros are entitled to benefits.
However, Kaiser’s content may not be as striking as his press spokesman’s comment about Hans Peter Doskozil. He referred to SPÖ Burgenland’s research by opinion pollster Peter Hajek. According to this, the party under Doskozil has 32 percent, while the current top candidate Pamela Rendi-Wagner has only 27 percent. A leadership debate then broke out that did not spare other parties. “Rendi-Wagner apparently gave up command of her party a long time ago and is just a passenger,” said ÖVP secretary-general Christian Stocker. In other words, the SPÖ is barely able to act.
SPÖ: “No new elections anyway”
Michael Lindner, the leader of the provincial party in Upper Austria, defended his party: “There are no new elections around the corner anyway.” Internal party struggles should not be fought out in public. Otherwise you will lose the voters’ confidence. At the same time, Lindner countered that the federal SPÖ should talk more about asylum. This topic was also raised in the Burgenland study. In his “Krone” interview with Conny Bischofberger on Sunday, Doskozil also called for a clearer asylum policy than Rendi-Wagner currently offers.
Kaiser’s tweet has gone almost uncommented until now (as of 10:15 a.m.). One user spoke of “election sweets” and “scam through our electric company.” Andreas Schäfermeier, press spokesman for Kaiser, in turn makes it clear that he is not “that rude”. He’s just not there “to make political competitors happy”.
Source: Krone
I am Ida Scott, a journalist and content author with a passion for uncovering the truth. I have been writing professionally for Today Times Live since 2020 and specialize in political news. My career began when I was just 17; I had already developed a knack for research and an eye for detail which made me stand out from my peers.
