“Blog affair is also a cover-up scandal-ÖVP system endangers the security of Austria!”

The latest revelations related to the “blog affair” of the former EU ambassador Oberreiter are further evidence of the deep swamp in the ÖVP-led Foreign Ministry, today criticized FPÖ general secretary and home protection spokesman NABG. Michael Schledlitz. The fact that under the then minister Alexander Schallenberg ended a disciplinary proceedings against his former head of cabinet with a mere reprimand, although there were massive security concerns in the room is a first -class scandal. “There was obviously trying to protect a favorite from their own black network and to turn the whole affair under the carpet. The alleged cover -up failed, but the responsible persons are still sitting in their offices,” said Schledlitz.

For the FPÖ general secretary, the cause is far more than just a moral misconduct of an individual: “If the service cell phone is spied on one of the highest diplomats in our country, sensitive chats with other EU diplomats such as those of the Czech Republic or the Netherlands are in circulation and the risk of blackmail is in space, then we are not talking about a ‘private matter’, but of a threat to National security.

It is completely unacceptable that no serious investigations have been initiated by the security authorities so far. “Instead of clarifying here with full hardness, the case has been smeared and covered up. We are calling for the immediate involvement of the protection of the constitution.

The role of the new Foreign Minister Meinl-Reisinger (NEOS) is also more than questionable. “Either Mr. Schallenberg kept this massive security incident at the handover of what a solid scandal would be, or Ms. Meinl-Reisinger plays the game of the unsuspecting, so as not to endanger the coalition peace. Both would be a total failure,” said Schledlitz, who described the investigative commission as a pure distraction maneuver: “These system parties control ourselves. Relentless Enlightenment by independent experts.