FPÖ Minister Accusation Against Gewessler Without ÖVP Support

A ministerial indictment will "not be supported by the ÖVP at this time," declared Secretary General Nico Marchetti in the "Krone" (Thursday's edition). Instead, they want to politically engage with former Environment Minister Leonore Gewessler.

Majority in the National Council Needed for Ministerial Indictment Against Gewessler

Over the weekend, it sounded somewhat different. ÖVP constitutional spokesperson Wolfgang Gerstl was not averse, as he told the "Tiroler Tageszeitung," but he said: "We want more than a 50 percent probability that the indictment will go through the Constitutional Court." A majority in the National Council is needed for a ministerial indictment against Gewessler at the Constitutional Court, which would be possible with the votes of the FPÖ and ÖVP. In their motion, the Freedom Party accuses Gewessler of having stopped several road construction projects, such as the Lobau Tunnel, for ideological reasons. However, the canceled projects are part of the Federal Roads Act, so the former minister violated existing law.

(APA/Red)

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