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The election atmosphere is now alive in Austria as the country goes out to vote for their candidates to the National Assembly on Sunday, September 28.
Some Filipinos said that they already have decided on whom to vote for. They added that they have already set the criteria for the candidates and are hoping that these bets — should they win — will help them and their fellow Filipinos.
Evelyn Tagle is convinced that she would vote for the Social Democrats since the party has done a lot for the welfare of the Filipino nurses like her in Austria.
“The Social Democrats under the leadership of the former Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky opened the gate to Filipino nurses during the 80s. It was through the Social Democratic Party that an agreement between the two countries was made possible. It is but proper for us to express our gratitude to the party for making this possible,” Tagle said
The Social Democratic Party of Austria (Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs, or SPÖ) is one of the oldest parties in Austria. It is considered as the major party in Austria and has particularly strong ties to labor unions and the Austrian Chamber of Labour (Arbeiterkammer). The SPÖ is among the few mainstream European social democratic parties that have preserved their strongly socialist roots and reject neo-liberalism.
Aurora Alviar, head nurse of Franz Josef Spital in Vienna, meanwhile, wants to practice her right as citizen here and will surely vote on September 28.
“I will vote for the party who will take care of us, especially the security of my work, for other people and also for my pension,” said Alviar.
Richan Francisco, also a nurse added, “Of course, I will go to the polling polls, kasi ayaw kong sayangin ang aking right as citizen here. And I will vote for the party who would guard the welfare of foreigners like us.”
During the last election in October 2006, a Social Democrat Alfred Gusenbauer has replaced Wolfgang Schüssel of the conservative Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) as chancellor. The Social Democratic Party allied with the Peoples Party.
After forming the coalition, both parties began disagreeing about the implementation of many policies. The differences became too great and on July 7, 2008, Wilhelm Molterer, Vice-Chancellor and leader of the Austrian People’s Party, declared he could no longer work with the Social Democrats and formally ended the alliance.
Thus, on July 9, 2009, Austria’s Parliament officially called for a pre-term election via a joint resolution by the Social Democratic Party, Austrian People’s Party and the Greens. The Freedom Party of Austria and the Alliance for the Future of Austria also supported the resolution
