The debate on the urgent request of the FPÖ in today’s Special session The National Council offered a first opportunity for the parties to comment on the requested “ÖVP-power abuse examination committee”. According to the FPÖ, the U-Committee required by the FPÖ is intended to serve the “clarification of political influence of ÖVP government members”. ÖVP, SPÖ and NEOS criticized that it was a “confused” object of investigation. The Greens find the “Causa Pilnacek” contained in the desire, but criticized the rest of the object of investigation.
Under the title “ÖVP abuse: state or party, what is the top priority for you, Mr. Chancellor?” had addressed the freedom questions to the Federal Chancellor and in the course of the session Demand to establish a committee of inquiry brought in.
FPÖ: Investigation committee should “detoxify” political climate
Herbert Kickl (FPÖ) attested the ÖVP a large abundance of power over a very long period of time in a closed system, a “deep state”. The temptation is great not to deal with this power clean. The fact that the ÖVP cannot handle the opposition to be controlled shows for him that it did not understand the democratic mechanism of interplay and control. Kickl did not want to put up with the accusation that the FPÖ wanted to poison the political climate with the requested committee of inquiry. On the contrary, you want to “detoxify”, he said.
The ÖVP gives the FPÖ so much reason to criticize that one does not know what to “take out of this huge find,” said Susanne Fürst (FPÖ) and particularly criticized the occupation of ex-finance minister Magnus Brunner as EU commissioner and the new job for ex-Chancellor Karl Nehammer at the European Investment Bank (EIB). In addition, Fürst addressed the award of the law -intended highest awards in the Republic. These orders would “hang up each other,” said Fürst.
Elisabeth Heiß (FPÖ) spoke of a “shadow” that fell over the Austrian Republic and in particular criticized criticism of a “chaos of the corona measures”. According to Gernot Darmann (FPÖ), Corona measures policy must also be informed. It is not to be understood how to “make the wall” to the black network, he said in the direction of SPÖ and Neos.
ÖVP sees “constructed excitement”
At a time with great challenges at which the world order changes and there are wars, the FPÖ relies on a “confused war committee from many topics,” criticized Nico Marchetti (ÖVP). The Federal Constitution stipulates that an investigation committee deals with a completed process in the federal administration. If the FPÖ were actually about clarification, she would have agreed on a single topic, said Marchetti. In addition, the parliamentary inquiries brought by the FPÖ would actually only create “constructed excitement”, said Marchetti. Because the FPÖ sends “800 times the same notes” and deal with the entire administration – but nothing will come out, says Marchetti.
Ernst Gödl (ÖVP) criticized the FPÖ to “demonize and scandalize”. In a challenging time, it was important to pursue goals for Austria together. The FPÖ, on the other hand, is not ready to participate in solutions. The committee of inquiry is an important instrument, said Gödl. Despite his cargo, Herbert Kickl remained unexcused even despite his cargo. According to Gödl, there is “police hater and coronaleugner” in the FPÖ and those who want to clarify Christian Pilnacek’s death. In the present desire for an investigation committee, the party tried to create a balancing act between these topics that could not be explained.
SPÖ: Desire is like “herb and beets”
Maximilian Köllner (SPÖ) emphasized the sharpest control instrument of the parliament. However, the desire submitted by the FPÖ is like “herb and beets”, so it will still have to be checked whether the publishers of the FPÖ to this committee of inquiry corresponds to the rules of the constitution and the rules of procedure of the parliament. An investigation committee is not a vehicle for a political revenge campaign, but needs a comprehensible reason, says Köllner. If the committee is established, his faction will constructively participate in the processing of any grievances.
Muna Duzdar (SPÖ) emphasized that the SPÖ would support every initiative that is suitable for uncovering abuse of power and corruption in Austria, regardless of which party is affected. The Social Democrats: Of course, as before, the interior would work constructively if an investigation committee comes about according to the parliamentary rules. However, if the FPÖ claims transparency under Herbert Kickl, this is not credible. Duzdar recalled Kickl’s time as Interior Minister, in which a raid was ordered in the then Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and the fight against terrorism. This led to a total weakening of the domestic secret service.
NEOS: Red thread in the U-committee request “at least poorly”
Of course, the right of each party to contribute an investigation committee, it is important whether there is a “common thread”, said Douglas Hoyos-Trauttmansdorf (NEOS). In the desire submitted by the FPÖ, the red thread is “at least poor” – rather it is a “blue thread” that shows how the FPÖ is disputed. Because there are three topics that the freedoms want to get together – the Corona theme, the “tidying up in the Ministry of the Interior” and the Causa Pilnacek. The third topic has now prevailed, Hoyos-Grautttmansdorf stated due to the request brought. He also advocated designing the committee of inquiry as factually and properly as possible and talking about making the U-Committee publicly in order to show the citizen: inside “really going inside”.
Greens: Causa Pilnacek “absolutely clear”
Sigrid Maurer (Greens) also described a U-committee as the most important control instrument in parliament. The police investigation after Christian Pilnacek’s death would actually raise a long bar on questions, said Maurer. This investigative chaos should be enlightened without gaps and a U-committee could make an important contribution. Your faction will do thorough and critical work, said Maurer. The ÖVP would have to put up with a question very well – why would the police officer be noticed again and again: on the inside from Lower Austria through questionable investigations. There is a “part of the absolutely worthy of information” in the FPÖ’s U-committee request, but the rest is “any confused fascle of conspiracy theories” and you will see how much of it “will survive at the Constitutional Court”.
For Agnes Sirkka Prammer (Greens), no proper police work has been done around the death of Christian Pilnacek. Therefore, these processes would have to be examined that an investigation committee is the means of this. She sincerely hoped that there will be the opportunity for this and the FPÖ did not “have a herb-and-beet and beet sparkling application,” said Prammer.
David Stögmüller (Greens) was located in the FPÖ’s request for investigation by the FPÖ, a “all-round strike” against all parties with a conspiracy theoretical coat of paint. The ÖVP is a real problem with abuse of power on the part of the ÖVP that has to be dealt with deeper. Ralph Schallmeiner (Greens) accused the FPÖ not to be interested in the interests of the state in the Corona period, but only to be interested in the party. He described the freedom as “the party of fake news”. (Continued National Council) Bea/Kar
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