Free voter boss Hubert Aiwanger has triggered a lot of criticism with his statement that he does not want to be vaccinated against Corona.
Now he rowed back.
Munich
- The dispute over the Bavarian Vice Prime Minister Hubert Aiwanger about his statements against the corona vaccinations does not end.
After violent criticism, also from party colleagues, the free voter boss has again defended his previous decision not to be vaccinated in a publicly effective manner.
"Each individual has their freedom to decide for themselves whether they want to be vaccinated or not," said Aiwanger on the talk show
Maischberger.
the week
on Wednesday evening.
According to Aiwanger, there is no need to give a reason.
Vaccination statements from Aiwanger: CSU accuses him of “lateral thinker level”
Aiwanger firmly rejected the allegations made by the CSU regional group leader, Alexander Dobrindt, that "in style and language have now reached the level of lateral thinkers".
Dobrindt had expressed himself in an interview with the
Straubinger Tagblatt media group
and advised the free voter boss to urgently reconsider his attitude to vaccination.
Aiwanger dispute over corona vaccination: Free voter boss rows back for the first time
Aiwanger made it clear that he was not at all a lateral thinker: “No way”.
He never said he would never get vaccinated, Aiwanger said.
"Vaccination is important, I am also glad that we have the vaccination," he explained.
However, he refuses to accept the public pressure * that is being exerted on him.
"If you are asked every day, it becomes more and more difficult at the end of the day to decide whether to vaccinate because it means: Why did he fall over now?"
Aiwanger did not comment on the other allegations of Dobrindt, who wanted to create the impression that vaccines were extremely dangerous with his statements of doubt.
Violent criticism of Aiwanger's vaccination statements: Party members suggest that he resign
The Vice-Prime Minister still hopes to get over the five percent hurdle with the free voters in the upcoming federal elections.
In this case, Aiwanger had announced that he would go to Berlin and vacate his post in Bavaria.
Many politicians, including from their own party, accused Aiwanger of wanting to use his anti-vaccination statements to fish for votes in the maverick milieu.
Especially at the municipal level, many free voters were angry about this. * Some even publicly advised Aiwanger to resign his offices voluntarily *.
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