Party scandal in SPÖ

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Was this intentional or even planned? Why Vice Fehervary is now sitting in the mayoral seat of top candidate Obereigner-Sivec is better left until after a parliamentary group meeting.(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Gemeinde Groß-Enzersdorf)

A surprising turn of events at the constituent municipal council meeting in Groß-Enzersdorf: after a list leader put her party colleague Vice Fehervary on the run-off list alongside SPÖ Mayor Monika Eigner-Sivec, things took an unusual turn: some party colleagues must not have voted for the actual top candidate when casting their votes.

According to the preferential votes, she did very well: and Mayor Monika Eigner-Sivec also won 47 percent in the elections in Groß-Enzersdorf in the Weinviertel region as the top candidate for the Reds with a plus of four mandates - and thus achieved an absolute majority of mandates, while arch-rival ÖVP lost five mandates.

The result of the run-off election was not planned - or was it?
What happened at the constituent meeting leaves many questions unanswered: Because the fact that Robert Fehervary was put on the list as SPÖ deputy for the election for town leader was suggested at the last moment by Gottfried Rotter - spokesman for the "Together for Groß-Enzersdorf" list - and: formerly working for the ÖVP. The result: after the votes were counted, the deputy was ahead with 20 votes compared to the previous mayor with 17. The question of whether he would accept the office was answered in the affirmative by the previous number 2.

Surprised faces, questionable jubilation among the opposition: after a break, SPÖ party spokesman Gerhard Baumann announced his party's withdrawal - which of course had no effect on the result. The fact that the Greens and NEOS also left the chamber immediately afterwards was also a sign that things may not have gone entirely "according to plan".

SPÖ now conducting "internal research into causes"
Coup? Coincidence? If you ask around, it is said that there were often "calf-biting fights", especially with female SPÖ "colleagues". But does that justify a "plan" against the successful leader? The "Krone" reached the new mayor of the town in the district of Gänserndorf, but he blocked it off: the current head of the town kindly referred to the parliamentary group meeting scheduled after the editorial deadline.