The criticism of FPÖ leader Herbert Kickl and his heartfelt speech (see video above) at the FPÖ New Year’s meeting on Saturday in Premstätten near Graz continues unabated. Above all, his ‘wanted list’ with the names of ministers from the turquoise green federal government irritates the parties. “If political dissidents have to be put on ‘wanted lists’ we are heading towards a dictatorship. Kickl exposes himself not only as a security risk to our country, but also as an anti-democrat,” Christian Stocker, Secretary General of the ÖVP, emphasized on Monday.
The FPÖ has crossed the boundaries of a party, they are “a movement, a freedom movement,” Kickl said at the Freedom Party’s New Year’s meeting. And when it comes to Corona, he already has “such a long list of fugitives from responsibility, Nehammer, Rauch, Edtstadler, Kogler, Schallenberg …”.
“security risk”
The ÖVP saw the FPÖ leader once again exposed as a “security risk” by his speech.
“Authoritarian conditions”
“The statements that he has a long ‘wanted list’ of ministers ready testify to the ideas of someone who clearly wants to lead Austria in authoritarian conditions. Ideas that he has already expressed in the past. With the quote that you have the right to follow politics, Kickl has already indicated where he wants to lead Austria,” said Stocker, outraged by Kickl’s “questionable understanding of the rule of law.”
“Hetzparolen Hammer”
The Greens followed the same line. “Kickl talks about his personal ‘wanted lists’, about Fortress Europe, his deportation fantasies that violate human rights. He lashes out with a hammer of inflammatory slogans. Nothing more, nothing less,” said Olga Voglauer, Secretary General of the Greens.
Kogler: “The danger is enormous”
The FPÖ is currently leading all investigations. Has Green Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler already agreed to Kickl as Chancellor? “I don’t agree with anything that harms Austria. And the danger is enormous.”
Kickl himself mentions Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as a role model: media freedom there is “restricted beyond recognition”, the country is “completely neglected” and is “corrupt at the top”, Kogler criticized. “You can imagine how it works at the Blues, with all those Haberers who are always quick to help.”
Source: Krone
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