He would love to become a member of the Bundesrat, SP councilor Daniël Jositsch (57). On Wednesday, he should have definitively blocked this career step himself. With his behavior, the Zurich native so annoyed the members of his own party that this wish has probably been cracked.
Reason for the anger in the SP: Jositsch did not get out of the race when he received 58 votes in the first vote when it came to the successor to Simonetta Sommaruga (62).
It was SP party chairman Roger Nordmann (49) who had to climb to the lectern to ask the United Federal Assembly to adhere to the official ticket. And so colleagues in Parliament asked not to vote for Jositsch.
Because the equality party SP made it clear weeks ago that it wants a woman to succeed the retiring Simonetta Sommaruga (62).
There was speculation of a wild candidacy
But Jositsch himself refused to give up until the last vote on election day in favor of the official SP candidates and put his own personal goal above that of the party. The anger in our own ranks is therefore great. The fact that the Zurich resident has not declared his waiver is bad style, they say. His ego gets in the way.
The fact that Jositsch had announced shortly before the elections that he would accept a possible election for the Bundesrat as a wild candidate did not go down well with the comrades.
Jositsch’s behavior is called an own goal
Even after the election of Elisabeth Baume-Schneider (58), the Zurich professor was not bright: after all, he did not give himself the 58 votes, Jositsch defended himself against Blick.
For political scientist Claude Longchamp (65), the Council of States of Zurich shot a “great target” with his behavior. The political pundit even called Jositsch a “big loser” who never hoped to be nominated by his party.
“Beautiful Teen”
The fact that Jositsch received votes up to the last ballot caused a great deal of misunderstanding among the comrades. SP co-chair Cédric Wermuth (36) called it a “mini-macho revolt” by ordinary citizens on Twitter. Their actions are “pathetic”.
Groen chairman Balthasar Glättli (50) also called it “quite pubescent” that Jositsch received votes “after all groups had recommended Elisabeth Baume-Schneider and Eva Herzog”.