2023-05-12 13:45:43
Vienna. Vienna Deputy Mayor Christoph Wiederkehr’s (Neos) consulting contract with Neos founder Matthias Strolz for up to 30,000 euros drew criticism from their own ranks. Tyrol Neos leader Dominik Oberhofer said on Thursday in the state parliament that “a big problem” said that. “It seems that once you sit in government and are isolated, you no longer have any connection to reality.” says Oberhofer, often taking a harsh stance towards those in power, especially in Tyrol.
The reason for Oberhofer’s statement to the newspaper “Aktuelle Stunde” was what he saw as a party-political appointment in Tyrol. On Monday, former county councilor Hannes Tratter (ÖVP) was appointed managing director of the non-profit housing company Neue Heimat Tirol (NHT), following an election process that drew heavy criticism from the Tyrolean opposition. In the state parliament, Oberhofer was still shaken by this situation, and that it “to anger”Moreover “He gradually lost his enthusiasm and desire for politics” told. Addressing Tratter, still MP “Hannes, I can look you in the eye and I’m convinced you don’t have the best qualifications” said.
“We Neos have a big problem too”.
Oberhofer’s speech was also discussed in the ÖVP investigative commission. From the “occupation policy under Strache and Kurz” (former FPÖ Vice-Chancellor and former ÖVP Chancellor) talked about and “I wouldn’t have believed that something like this was still possible in our republic. But then there was the “Tratter case” and “when I opened the newspaper I read that we as Neos also have a big problem in Vienna because we hired Matthias Strolz as a consultant on a 30.000 euro contract” said.
Contrary to Oberhofer, Wiederkehr said on Tuesday that after intense criticism from the FPÖ and ÖVP, the city had a “Educational Innovation Center” defended the contract with Strolz, which would support the establishment of Against intense criticism, Wiederkehr said “directly and completely transparently” what Strolz, a “proven education expert who has worked extensively in the field of education after relinquishing his active role in politics, will be hired for and what his agency will receive for planned projects on innovation in education”. noted that it was announced. Strolz was previously appointed as an advisor to the Ministry of Education under former Minister Heinz Faßmann (ÖVP). (yenivatan.at)
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