Hans Peter Doskozil wants to do things again and away from talking. He shouted this message to the comrades during his application speech for the federal presidency at the special party conference in Linz. For him, the focus is on the reality of people’s lives: they have forgotten how to serve the interests of the people, and pay too much attention to how “we as officials” are doing.
He catches himself doing it too. “Listening to the people” must now be a priority again. “It’s not enough to acknowledge.” Pure “posting” would have contributed significantly to the loss of trust. He himself could not promise not to “operate a sixth or seventh time”. But what he can promise: he will never lose his voice.
Society would deteriorate. Today one would fear “that our children could one day have a worse situation”. His father is said to have built a house with a “labourer’s wage”. From today’s perspective, that is “not possible”. The SPÖ would have allowed that. That is why Doskozil is campaigning for a minimum wage of 2,000 euros. Even in Burgenland “no one would have believed” that this would be implemented. “They must have thought, here comes a politician who is going to tell another story.” His motto also applies here: do instead of talk.
“Why should a limited company run a nursing home?”
The governor of Burgenland swore – probably a nod to the union – unity. Wealth should be organized in such a way that “people do not need social benefits”. Doskozi also wants to clean up in the healthcare sector. “I’m already wondering why an NV should run a nursing home?” Profit is the keyword. As in Burgenland, care in the federal government may only be conducted “for the public good”. Healthcare workers are also owed a reasonable wage.
He cannot accept that a third of medical professionals leave Austria after “public studies”. In the future, graduates must be “available to Austria and the population for a certain period of time”. Doskozil sees a multi-class health care system. Private doctors would prevail. Many Austrians now have to pay for medical care, even though they have health insurance. He cited Denmark as a role model. Here, elective doctors are integrated into the public system. “It is not private companies that make health policy, but the public sector,” Doskozil shouted to the comrades.
“What would Bruno Kreisky have done?”
Doskozil, who was notorious as a troublemaker under Pamela Rendi-Wagner, also commented on the party’s image in recent weeks. During these days he always wondered what Bruno Kreisky would have done. He admits that he was one of the triggers for the public discussion, which was not always pleasant.
Now the party must finally “execute”. “With the right topics” you can “take the bow over the party”. That’s the job and his experience. The party presidency is only the first step. He ended his speech with: “Long live Austrian Social Democracy. Friendship!”
Source: Krone
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