Does the general secretary stay in office?

It was said that Secretary General Gianna Luzio will resign at the end of June. Now center national councils have heard: they want to stay. Luzio says nothing about the topic. The party’s office noticed with a high fluctuation.

The middle seemed stabilized after the shocks from the beginning of the year. Now restlessness spreads out among the party’s parliamentarians.

In January, Gerhard Pfister announced his resignation as the center president. Shortly afterwards, Viola Amherd said that she would soon be leaving the Federal Council.

All observers expected Pfister to announce his candidacy for the state government. In Bundesbern, the impression was spread that Pfister had been working towards this office for years.

Silence of the party leaders fueled rumors

In the days after, the situation at the General Secretariat of the Middle was discussed in the media: The high fluctuation was related to the leadership style of the general secretary Gianna Luzio, the accusation was. And party president Gerhard Pfister had failed to get to the bottom of the many personnel changes.

The Freiburg newspaper “La Liberté” then wrote that not only Pfister as party president will withdraw – Gianna Luzio also gave up the office as general secretary in the summer after seven years. She didn’t deny that. Shortly afterwards, Pfister said that he waived a candidacy for the Federal Council.

At the special session at the beginning of the week, center parliamentarians now discussed the question: Does Gianna Luzio really take off? A National Council had come to the ears that she wanted to continue. That scares off party colleagues. A center politician speaks of a « no-go. » A comprehensive restart is needed at the General Secretariat.

This opinion is shared by some party colleagues. Someone points out that Luzio and Gerhard Pfister had managed the party as a well -rehearsed team. If, contrary to earlier announcements, Luzio remains general secretary, this means that Pfister can continue to influence the middle course of the middle course than an ordinary National Council.

Does Gianna Luzio want to stay general secretary in the middle? She does not answer this question. Gerhard Pfister also does not answer the question sent in writing whether Luzio will remain in its function beyond the summer.

Extension by a few months not to resistance

The Middle Party Presidium is currently in a exam in Murten. It is possible that the committee will inform this weekend about how things will continue at the party’s General Secretariat.

The critics of Luzios and Pfisters find: It would be accepted if Gianna Luzio stayed general secretary for a few months than planned – at the latest until the end of the year. It would be bad, but the turbulence at the office was considerable.

Gerhard Pfister, on the other hand, had emphasized in the “Tages-Anzeiger”: It had been “held at the expense of all of our employees” in the “party and parliamentary group of power”. «We have demonstrably have a good working atmosphere at our General Secretariat according to the center-combined point. The whole team does an excellent job. »