Polls for several weeks have shown that the forthcoming election could change the balance of power in the “Holy Land” drastically. In the last state election in 2018, the ÖVP, under the then governor Günther Platter, won 44.3 percent of the vote. If you believe the current Sunday question, however, only 26 percent of Tyroleans would tick the People’s Party.
As it seems, these forecasts have not yet gotten through to Franz Hörl, a member of the Austrian People’s Party. The cable car lobbyist thinks a lot of ÖVP top candidate Toni Mattle, but much less of the current polls. This became clear in the ORF program “Hohes Haus” on Sunday: “I assume that we will make 37-38 percent because Toni is the right candidate. In difficult times, I assume that people don’t want experiments.”
However, another Hörl-sayer about ownership triggered significantly more criticism than this unrealistic assessment. “We have ruled this country since World War II. We own Tiwag, we own housing subsidies, we own Hypo Bank,” Hörl said in an ORF interview.
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A highly irritating statement, because Tiwag, Tiroler Wasserkraft AG, is 100 percent owned by the state of Tyrol – the same applies to Hypobank. And official housing subsidies are also the task of the Tyrolean state government – and not owned by a party.
These statements were heavily criticized on social media platforms. Among other things, one could read about “satire in its purest form”, “prepotency” and “indescribable arrogance”.
Source: Nachrichten
