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As the “Small newspaper” (Sunday edition) reports, the camp of Burgenland’s governor Hans Peter Doskozil rejects the chairman of the election commission and describes the longtime Häupl confidante Harry Copytz as “no go”. Copytz, who is deeply rooted in the Viennese SPÖ and was President of the State Parliament until 2018, owns a “veteran of the Viennese SPÖ” not the necessary independence, so the argument goes. Vienna’s Mayor Michael Ludwig has publicly backed party leader Pamela Rendi-Wagner. According to the report, the Doskozil camp is now insisting that all key issues be decided unanimously on Wednesday.
The statute provides for the electoral commission to be the organizer of the survey. This was elected at the last federal party conference with Copytz at the top. In addition, the Presidency will also deal with the timetable and the question of who is entitled to vote and in what form one can vote.
According to a poll by pollster Peter Hajek “ATV current” (500 respondents) Rendi-Wagner has the better cards in the SPÖ electorate. 57 percent believe that the SPÖ leader has better ideas and concepts for the future, only 31 percent of SPÖ voters see Doskozil ahead. Beyond the party, however, Doskozil’s radiance is greater, as it reaps approval from 32 percent of those surveyed, and 24 percent from Rendi-Wagner. Doskozil scores particularly well with FPÖ and ÖVP voters. 46 percent of the FPÖ and 35 percent of the ÖVP voters trust the Burgenland governor with better ideas and concepts for the future of Austria.
Source: Nachrichten
