U-Committee: FPÖ Wants to Look at Ministry

"We identify many irregularities in the Ministry of the Interior, the deep black state in the Ministry of the Interior needs to be illuminated from our perspective," said a statement from the National Council Club to the APA. The "internal decision-making process" regarding the subject of investigation is now "in the final stretch." Chancellor Christian Stocker (ÖVP) spoke of political motivation.

Investigative Committee Speculations

Recently, there was speculation that an investigative committee set up by the FPÖ could deal with the case surrounding the deceased Justice Section Chief Christian Pilnacek. At least the investigations into the death could become a topic in an investigative committee on the Ministry of the Interior. The Freedom Party has also long been considering an investigation into the Corona measures of the last federal government.

FPÖ Can Initiate Investigative Committee

The Freedom Party can initiate a parliamentary investigative committee on their own at any time with their 57 members in the National Council. A corresponding minority decision requires the signatures of a quarter of the deputies, which is 46. However, the FPÖ would prefer at least the substantive support of other factions.

Chancellor Stocker, who himself has worked in investigative committees for his faction, was not surprised at the sidelines of an event: "I believe that the FPÖ has had this thought for a long time, it is not new." He wants to evaluate the topic only when the subject of investigation is formulated. Just this much: "I am deeply convinced that this investigative committee is also obviously politically motivated, because the Ministry of the Interior has been excellently managed in the past."

Even before this thematic determination by the FPÖ, Green Party leader Werner Kogler commented on the blue investigative committee plans at a press conference on Friday. "It is up to the FPÖ to bring this about, not us," he emphasized. "In the matter itself, we will of course participate in the clarification, without attaching ourselves to any conspiracy theories."

(APA/Red)

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