"Review of the Corona Period" Must Not Be Missing in the FPÖ Inquiry Committee

In addition to the events surrounding the death of the former head of the justice department, Christian Pilnacek, the corona measures should also play a role, announced the FPÖ General Secretary Christian Hafenecker in a statement on Tuesday.

FPÖ wants to limit investigation committee to last government period

"We will not, unlike the ÖVP in their completely botched tribunal, convene a commission of historians, but will focus on the activities of the Ministry of the Interior during the last legislative period," said Hafenecker towards the chancellor's party. The timeframe offers "truly a wide field, ranging from the currently omnipresent 'Causa Pilnacek' to Corona," Hafenecker stated.

The "review of the Corona period" is indeed a subject for the FPÖ General Secretary in an investigation committee on the Ministry of the Interior. During the pandemic, the police were "misused by the black Ministry of the Interior as an enforcement unit for partially unconstitutional legal norms," Hafenecker asserted confidently.

Karner looks forward to investigation committee calmly

Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) reacted calmly on Tuesday to the announcement. It is the good right of an opposition party to set up an investigation committee, he said during a press event at the government retreat. He would look forward to it calmly, as he is used to criticism. However, if it is about "denigrating" the work of the police, he would stand protectively in front of the officers. More support is needed and no alliances against the police, said the Interior Minister.

(APA/Red)

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