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In March, federal party leader Norbert Hofer ran as a candidate at the FPÖ state party conference of his Burmese to avoid a split in the party. He wanted to tighten the reins and repair the crack: seven months later, Hofer threw it away. “I was called on the phone on Thursday during two speeches in the state parliament,” Alexander Petschnig said on Friday frankly and freely.
The FPÖ MP and former FPÖ regional councilor was the only one to overcome the 50 percent hurdle in the Hofer MP election in March, and is now Hofer’s interim successor according to the statutes.
Within a month, an extraordinary state party conference must be held to elect a new party leader. Over the weekend, he wants to think about whether Petschnig, who wanted to compete against Manfred Haidinger in March but later retired and left Hofer on the field, will return to the ring.
In March, 75.8 percent of the delegates voted for Hofer, Haidinger received 24.2 percent. Hofer’s resignation surprised him and came “at the wrong time” because Petschnig is the only FPÖ representative on the Commerzialbank U-Committee that has just started. Petschnig: “I don’t like having to deal with a party congress right now.”
Exclusion of the sting in the flesh.
In any case, he no longer has to count Haidinger as an opponent. Petschnig confirmed that Hofer had excluded Haidinger from the party as “one of his last acts.” The prosecution: Haidinger, who was a member of the FPÖ until the state elections in January, recently repeatedly passed inside information to the media.
On Friday, Haidinger was initially unavailable for the KURIER. By the way, the union of the federal army recently demanded the exclusion of the club boss and former party president Hans Tschürtz.
The KURIER wanted to know through Petschnig if he was disappointed in Hofer because he had thrown in the towel so quickly and if a split was looming in the match: he was not disappointed, because “Hofer must have had good reasons” and there was also the danger of a Split party “I don’t see.”
