Punch of the week
No democracy without Christian Ebner
From the point of view of our Punch of the Week, Christian Ebner, who has been founding parties for years, this year's "Yes to Austria", the electoral law is deeply undemocratic. Why?
Because he couldn't even find a handful of supporters who wanted to see him on the ballot paper for the National Council elections, which is why there was a "change of topic" when he presented his "top candidates" for the election this week: he is now railing against "undemocratic hurdles" for new parties. All those who, unlike him, have supporters are just "fun parties" for him. That's what flawless democrats sound like.
Yet the former BZÖ Secretary General Ebner had - how democratic! - tried to cheat his way onto the ballot paper by playing on old connections: Even without supporters, you can get on the ballot paper if you get signatures from three MPs. But he only found one, whose name he did not want to give to potential voters. Democracy thrives on transparency.
Bad losers are bad enough in politics, but bad losers in the pose of saviors of democracy are even the Punch and Judy of the week.
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