FPÖ wants to request a special session for a committee of inquiry
The request itself has already been completed, said Secretary General Christian Hafenecker at a press conference on Friday. The FPÖ wants to investigate both the investigations into the death of the Justice Department head Christian Pilnacek and the measures during the Corona pandemic.
The FPÖ does not yet want to publish the already finalized request for the investigation committee. The ÖVP should "enjoy over the weekend what is coming to them," said the blue Secretary General. It will "certainly be quite uncomfortable, you can count on that." In setting up the investigation committee, the Freedom Party uses the minority right and therefore does not need the support of another faction. This is currently not expected either.
Topics Pilnacek and Corona
Once again, Hafenecker fueled speculation about the "amateurish investigations" into Pilnacek's death, which are to be a topic in the investigation committee. It will be about whether the ÖVP influenced this through top officials in the Ministry of the Interior. It is said that the simplest rules in securing the crime scene were disregarded. And the investigations against the investigators themselves were only recently "abruptly stopped." Hafenecker wants to know: "Who conducted the cover-up here?"
Another complex in the investigation committee is to be the role of the Ministry of the Interior during the Corona pandemic. Here too, Hafenecker sees the "deep state flashing." The ÖVP allegedly exercised "abuse of power against its own citizens" through the police, repressions reminiscent of "authoritarian systems," and critical citizens were systematically intimidated. The FPÖ wants to fulfill a promise by addressing this issue, said Hafenecker.
The ÖVP reacted with familiar attacks, once again blaming FPÖ leader Herbert Kickl for the failure of the government negotiations. By doing so, he himself squandered the chance of participating in the government, which still angers many FPÖ officials, it was said in a written statement from the party. To prevent this anger from being directed at Kickl himself, he needs "a toxic domestic political debate, which he wants to create through this investigation committee." As an opposition party, one should not misuse important control instruments for party tactics, said the ÖVP.
(APA/Red)
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