Baby break from the Minister of Justice: Who is now taking over the scepter?

Baby break from the Minister of Justice: Who is now taking over the scepter?

In a joyful message, Justice Minister Alma Zadić announced that she will be represented by Social and Health Minister Johannes Rauch during her baby break. The minister will soon be expecting her second child and plans to withdraw for a few weeks to devote time to the new family constellation. "Dear John, I wish you every success and all the best for this exciting task," wrote Zadić in a post on the Bluesky platform, in which she also expressed her joy at Rauch's takeover, like Kleine Zeitung reported.

Rauch, who belongs to the Green Party and Zadić, announced that he was looking forward to the challenge "from the heart" and Zadić praised as a "guarantee for an independent judiciary". In her post, Zadić also shared a picture on which both are shown with baby clothing, provided with the humorous slogan: "Legally checked: Mama is the best!" This baby break is already the second for the minister, because her first time -out at the beginning of 2021 was temporarily accompanied by the then party leader Werner Kogler. However, there are no authentic maternity protection or maternity leave for politicians, since these provisions are not applied to political mandates, as in another report by The press