Strache bodyguards for disco visits at government expense?
Austrias daily newspaper “Österreich” reports about a request of Freedom party leader Heinz Christian Strache. Strache asked the intelligence service for bodyguards payed by tax money for his evening night club, disco and ball tours.
Reason: Strache was several times molested by angry nighthawks. Last time during the Jägerball (hunters ball) in the Viennese Hofburg.
Austrias intelligence service declined Straches wish. “It’s not our job to accompany politicans to discos or clubbings. We receive our money from the tax payer”, explained a spokesman. Strache receives protection during his election campaign, but not for private pleasure trips during the night.
The newspaper writes that the leader of the Freedom party is going to rent a private security force from his own money.