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From , August 21, 2024, 10:18 a.m.
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LINZ. “Klaus Luger is no longer acceptable as mayor”: This is how the Linz ÖVP reacted to the Kerschbaum case. The Linz FPÖ agreed: “A new mayoral election is unavoidable.”
“It is disgraceful. After months of mock battles and smoke grenades in the Brucknerhaus case, the lie construct of Linz Mayor Klaus Luger has now completely collapsed,” said Linz Deputy Mayor Martin Hajart after an extraordinary meeting of the ÖVP city party executive committee on Wednesday morning. The Linz ÖVP is demanding that Luger resign from the office of mayor.
Hajart: “The audacity is probably unique in the history of the city of Linz. Luger lied to the people of Linz for months and presented himself as the great investigator of the Brucknerhaus affair, who had done nothing wrong himself. But now the chats prove: the opposite is the case. The damage to the Brucknerhaus and the city of Linz is enormous. The climax of the case is that Luger commissioned an expensive report to clarify who had passed on the questions surrounding the hearing in advance.”
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“A slap in the face for the people of Linz”
Regardless of whether the criminal relevance of his actions is examined, Luger must take political responsibility and resign as mayor. “To now bow to media pressure and simply say ‘I’m sorry – but I did it for Linz’ is a farce, the next slap in the face of the people of Linz and another sad example of how Luger is desperately clinging to the mayor’s chair, obviously without any political or moral sense,” says Hajart.
But one thing is clear for the Linz ÖVP: It is time to let go quickly. Hajart: “The sole resignation as chairman of the LIVA supervisory board is not enough. We demand the immediate resignation of Mayor Klaus Luger.”
FPÖ calls for new elections
City councillor Michael Raml (FP) is also calling for a “fresh start”: “The Luger case is not only a scandal in cultural policy, it is also a scandal in political culture.” The chats and Luger’s actions violate “all rules and all political decency”. The fact that the question of confidence is now being asked in the SP faction is not enough: “The question of confidence must be asked of the people of Linz.”
However, he can only partially understand the “war cry of the ÖVP”, says Raml, who points to the role of VP city councillor Doris Lang-Mayrhofer. She too played “a role that is at least worthy of investigation” by awarding carpentry work to her own family business. Raml is certainly ready for the new mayoral election that has been called for. He announced in March that he wanted to run for mayor. At that time, the year 2027 was still being discussed.
NEOS: “He has to go”
Georg Redlhammer, parliamentary group leader of the Neos, expressed his lack of understanding for the reactions of the SPÖ and above all for the statement by SPOÖ managing director Florian Koppler that one should leave the church in the village: “Is the SPÖ blind in both eyes? … I am stunned.” According to Redlhammer, all appointments of the last few years should be questioned. “Is this just the tip of the iceberg? What else has the mayor decided ‘for the city’ in his own interests, bypassing the committees?” The SPÖ is close to losing the “leasehold on the mayor of Linz”. The NEOS Linz are demanding Luger’s resignation.
MFG demands Luger’s resignation
“It’s unbelievable that you would hesitate for even a second,” says Joachim Aigner of the MFG about the events surrounding the mayor of Linz and calls for his resignation. Luger has “lied to the public for months” and the only response he has given so far is “I’m sorry.” Aigner suspects that the state capital will now face lawsuits worth millions.
The article was updated at 4:36 p.m.
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