Levrat announces resignation as SP party chief

SP chief Christian Levrat occurs in the next spring after twelve years at the helm of the party. He will not run for another term, said the 49-year-old Fribourg Council of States in Interviews with the Newspapers "Blick" and "La Liberté" from Tuesday.

His successor, or his successor is to be determined at the party Congress at the beginning of April in Basel (read here, what names are mentioned in the race for the SP chief post already). The lawyer and three times father from Vaudens in front of the SP Switzerland, since 2008.

He was soon twelve years in office with a lot of joy and energy, said Levrat of the newspaper "La Liberté". The activity of tire, but both at the political level as well as personally. You have to know when it is time for the rod to pass.

"My departure in the spring, we have decided a long time ago. Already at the beginning of 2019, we have brought forward the party Congress of November 2020 and April," said Levrat the "view".

Levrat of the amtsälteste party leader of the younger Swiss political history is gone. Since 2008, he performs as a successor to the lance Hauser, Hans-Jürg Fehr, the SP, and he has shaped this party like no one else in the 21st century. Century.

before this October, he was allowed to hope, at a peak assign. The SP had previously cut off in various cantonal elections well. After the poor outcome of the national elections (minus 2 percentage points, a plurality of seat losses) will be goodbye to bitter: the 49-Year-old property, has achieved politically, a lot. But he will remain as the SP President, who is responsible for the worst election result in party history. This was underpinned by the disappointing result from Sunday in the Vaud Council of States election: The SP lost her year-long seat in the Stöckli.

The call for a young woman

Immediately after the elections demands were the resignation yet. Many party members considered that it was not simply necessary: To was clear to most that the Era Levrat comes to an end. Levrat himself announced to the 20. October, you will discuss the results in the subsequent weeks, of "self-critical" and also the personnel of the future of the party. A few days ago, however, the former national councillor and today's Zurich councillor Jacqueline Fehr, published in the left-hand Zürcher Zeitung "P. S." a guest post with the title "growing Together". Therein it means: "We need a change at the top. The face of the SP Switzerland has to be in the coming years, female, and young."

Even if one imputes Levrat internally many merits, even if Fehrs open attack has remained the exception: a request for a change of leadership has recently expressed behind their hands, more and more clearly. In the last twelve years under Levrats Aegis of the party was to be male, to Nova Levante and Levrats leadership often dominant.

As with the Group's Chairman, Roger Nordmann, a man in a top position in the party occupied, the probability is great that a woman Levrats successor will take up.

(fre/red)

Created: 12.11.2019, 04:29 PM