The moment of truth in the Aarau city council election campaign is closer than many believe. Because the SP’s claim to a seat seems undisputed and only incorrigible bourgeois optimists believe that the SVP can change something in the party composition of the city government, the factual decision should be made on Thursday, March 25th. The General Assembly is planned for then, at which the SP will nominate its candidates.
The previous Franziska Graf (49) is considered set. Silvia Dell’Aquila (44) and Oliver Bachman (42) are officially applying for the second seat. And there should be a third interested party who has not yet outed himself.
The starting point: In autumn 2017 there was a center-left majority in the city council for the first time. With a liberal mayor. Several members say that the city council developed well under Hanspeter Hilfiker. Probably that is why nobody in the SP seems to want to attack the mayor – there would probably be no chance.
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The SP Aarau had a run in recent years. In autumn, she achieved a share of the vote of 24.9 percent in the Grand Council elections.
The regulation of the successor to Daniel Siegenthaler was approached very transparently by the current section board, it is said. Next, there will be talks between interested parties and the search committee. The board of directors must have formulated an application four weeks before the AGM. It is unclear whether he will declare one or two candidates for election alongside Franziska Graf.
It is certain that the nomination will take place on March 24th. Due to Corona, there will possibly be a hybrid event (only board members and candidates physically present). A written vote is also conceivable. The party is not under time pressure. The nominations for the first ballot (September 26th) can be submitted until Friday, August 13th, 12 noon.
A week ago, Oliver Bachmann announced his ambitions in a media release. With this unusually researchy approach, he has not only made friends in the party. AZ has started looking for other interested parties. Grand Councilor Lelia Hunziker waved them off: “In an executive branch, decisions and attitudes have to be supported by colleagues. Clear, pointed, left-wing politics lie and excite me. “
Party members never have more power
Grand Councilor Silvia Dell’Aqulia, on the other hand, would like to be city councilor: “Yes, I have registered my interest in running for a candidate with the SP Aarau.” Surprisingly, she achieved the top result in the city in the general council elections in autumn. Her mortgage: In 2017, she ran wildly after she was ousted in the party selection process. Since then, comrades say, she has hardly been present at party events.
In addition to his political past, his professional backpack speaks for Oliver Bachmann. And above all its origin. He lives with his family in their own home in Telli, a large area that is regularly neglected when it comes to the distribution of executive offices. And: Bachmann could be built up for a possible candidacy for city president in four or eight years – i.e. for the time after Hilfiker (55).
The party members (the SP Aarau has 221) never have more power than with nominations. That is why such processes are susceptible to their own dynamics. That’s why there are always surprises. Excitement is guaranteed.
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