ÖVP has been blocking for decades, the Greens have failed to reform
Vienna (OTS/SK) – The latest government dispute in the ÖVP-Green coalition over instructions from the Justice Minister shows SPÖ justice spokeswoman Selma Yildirim how necessary and overdue the creation of an independent federal prosecutor is. “The SPÖ has been demanding that we install an independent head of the public prosecutor’s office in Austria for decades, and the ÖVP has been blocking this for just as long. The turquoise-green government has announced a reform – nothing has happened, the judiciary is being dragged into an embarrassing coalition dispute,” says Yildirim angrily. ****
“The current government hiccups are damaging the reputation of the judiciary. The public prosecutor’s office needs to have a leadership team that is independent of politics so that the appearance of political influence cannot arise,” demands the SPÖ justice spokeswoman. (End) ah/bj
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