Burgenland Election: "Common Sense List" Led by Former Freedom Party Member
Alongside Molnár, the top candidate who was expelled from the FPÖ in 2021, is Manfred Haidinger in second place, who was expelled from the party in 2020. Behind them are candidates Manfred Kölly (Alliance List Burgenland) and Herbert Adelmann (Team HC Strache), Molnár announced at a press conference on Friday.
Eisenstadt. The state list is completely filled with 36 candidates. The election goal is four percent, i.e., entry into the state parliament - and as much as possible in addition, said Molnár. He would consider club status, which is available from two mandates, desirable. The former FPÖ club chairman is not in favour of a coalition against the SPÖ. The SPÖ will probably be the clear winner again and should therefore also provide the governor.
Molnár and his second list member Haidinger not only share their FPÖ past, but their path to party expulsion was almost identical. Haidinger ran as a counter-candidate to Norbert Hofer for the election of the state party chairman in March 2020 and lost, Molnár challenged today's party leader Alexander Petschnig in a contested vote a few months later. The internal party differences ultimately led to both being expelled.
"Team HC Strache" and MFG also represented on the list
The candidacy of former FPÖ and Alliance List Burgenland member of the state parliament Manfred Kölly in third place on the list is already known. Behind him is Herbert Adelmann, who previously worked in the office of the former deputy governor Johann Tschürtz (FPÖ) and then switched to "Team HC Strache". In fifth place is the first candidate without an FPÖ past: Gerald Aufmuth was the state spokesman for the MFG in Burgenland until a few weeks ago.
On Friday, Haidinger criticized FPÖ top candidate Norbert Hofer. He wants to "act as a warner so that the population does not fall for these beautiful words and this eloquent existence", he said. Behind Hofer is also a "content-empty club". Adelmann welcomed the merger of several non-partisan forces into one list. "It's not easy to be successful without real structures, without money", he stated. Thematically, the list wants to advocate for direct democracy and appeal to Corona opponents.
(APA/Red)
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