To welcome rapid legal clarification – parliamentary control must be constitutional

“It is good that the Constitutional Court quickly clarified whether the request of the FPÖ is permitted to establish an investigation committee. The VfGH has now confirmed our assessment that the FPÖ request is not lawful because the subject of not related topics is mixed,” says the deputy. Club chairman Jan Krainer. “Parliamentary control is very important to us; ****

“It is now up to the FPÖ whether it brings a new desire. If a new committee of inquiry is used, the SPÖ will work constructively to investigate political responsibility, as we have always done in the past.” (Conclusion) Ah/ff