Published on October 9, 2024, 9:22 pm / ©5 minutes
Graz City Councilor for Finance Manfred Eber is currently causing a stir with a Facebook posting.
Graz City Councilor for Finance Manfred Eber is currently causing a stir with a Facebook posting.
KPÖ city councilor Manfred Eber is currently making headlines with a post on social media. On Facebook he shared a saying from military dictator Ibrahim Traoré. This is causing criticism – there are even calls for him to resign.
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“I call on African youth to make the world a better place and to get rid of vices such as cowardice, betrayal and incompetence, because it is precisely these weaknesses that the imperialists exploit to enslave African peoples in the interests of the wealth of their countries” – with this A quote from military dictator and Putin friend Ibrahim Traoré is currently causing a stir. A few days ago, Eber shared a post with this statement on his Facebook account.
Although the lines seem harmless at first glance, there is a controversial personality behind the author, Ibrahim Traoré. Traoré is not only responsible for the coup in Burkina Faso, but is also criticized for serious human rights violations and massacres of civilians. Under his leadership, for example, freedom of the press was restricted and a partnership agreement was signed with Putin. Eber stands by the sentence in the posting, according to his office, as the Kleine Zeitung reports. However, the Graz city council would distance itself from any attacks on press freedom.
Resignation demanded
NEOS councilor Philipp Pointner is not quite as calm about the incident. “As city councilor for finance, Eber bears an immense responsibility, especially at a time when Graz is facing serious financial challenges. Instead of focusing on solving these problems, he gets lost in spreading messages that glorify war criminals. “This means that Eber has lost all democratic legitimacy for his office,” he criticizes and calls for the immediate resignation of KPÖ city councilor Manfred Eber. Eber’s Facebook post is a slap in the face to the war dead in Burkina Faso. “Anyone who shares war criminals and murderers has lost all democratic legitimacy,” says Pointner.
