Austrian Natural Law Party
The Austrian Natural Law Party is a political party founded in Austria in 1992 that expects Maharishi's ideas of Transcendental Meditation to have a positive impact on society. According to the party program, training only 1,000 people to become “yogic pilots” would lead to a significant reduction in crime, the frequency of accidents and unemployment, as well as a noticeable relief for the state budget.
The churches and the federal government warned against the party and pointed out its proximity to the Transcendental Meditation , which they call a "sect" . In newspaper articles, the ÖNP (which advocates a clear separation of church and state institutions) was described as the “political arm of a guru”. The ÖNP stood in the National Council elections in 1994 and 1995 as well as in some state elections (e.g. Upper Austria 1997 : 879 votes; Styria 2000 : 1555 votes), but never managed to win a mandate.
The ÖNP achieved its best result so far in an election in the municipal council elections in 1995 in Spital am Semmering , where a share of the vote of 6.02% was not enough for a place on the council.
See also
- Natural Law Party (Germany)
Single receipts
- ↑ Sects - knowledge protects. ( Memento of August 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) 2nd, revised edition 1999, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Youth and Family
- ^ Wiener Zeitung: State elections Upper Austria 1997 ( Memento from November 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Wiener Zeitung: Landtag elections Styria 2000 ( Memento of November 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ https://egov.stmk.gv.at/wahlen/GR1995/GR1995_61300.html