Apparently Doskozil wanted to imitate the now FPÖ boss Herbert Kickl, who “bullied” against his predecessor Norbert Hofer: “But he fails to recognize that I am not Norbert Hofer and that I will not give way to this destructive kind.”
“It is a shame that this is happening,” regretted the SPÖ leader on the sidelines of a press conference on Friday in Vienna. You actually saw Doskozil “as a former bearer of hope in our party”. But now he is damaging the goals of this “proud movement”. In principle, the SPÖ is also not comparable with the People’s Party, threw Make it Doskozil before. That will never be the case either. The SPÖ stands for a different image of man, therefore Doskozil’s comparison limps alone.
The state party leader did not let the criticism sit for long and stressed in a broadcast on Friday afternoon that he would not move away from the principle of “say what is”. “There are currently enough issues in Austria for an intact social democracy that need to be dealt with. From the economic and political consequences of the Corona crisis to unemployment. If it is more important for the party chairman to continue looking for the guilty party for their vote She is at liberty to deal with the party congress. ” But people would expect something different from the SPÖ than the exchange of personal sensitivities, said Doskozil.
After the party congress he called for self-reflection and expressly warned against a personal discussion: “Of course, self-reflection also includes honestly analyzing the status of the party. That much discussion culture must be possible, especially in the SPÖ.” His decision to withdraw from all federal party bodies is confirmed once again with this incident. “I am concerned with a strong SPÖ that brings something forward in Austria in terms of social and labor market policy and where people know where they stand. Unfortunately, there is currently not enough space in the federal party for this claim.”
“Almost stunned” is VP General Secretary Axel Melchior about the publicly held “power struggle” in the SPÖ. He calls Make it-Wagner and Doskozil in a broadcast “troublemakers” and reproaches the social democrats for not having an interest in making a constructive contribution to the economic and social reconstruction of Austria.
