Committee on Rules of Procedure Set Pilnacek Inquiry Committee on Track

The next National Council session will take place on November 19. The Pilnacek inquiry committee is to investigate possible political influence on investigations in the Pilnacek case. The FPÖ suspects interference by the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Justice, and the Chancellery. The focus is on the period from October 19, 2023, to September 4, 2025, when the investigations moved from Krems to Eisenstadt.

FPÖ Plans Another Inquiry Committee on COVID-19

"We approach this inquiry committee very impartially, but if important institutions in our republic are unjustly attacked, we will also stand protectively in front of them," said ÖVP Member of Parliament Andreas Hanger to the APA. He will be the faction leader of the People's Party in the inquiry committee. This role will be taken on by the FPÖ's Secretary General Christian Hafenecker, for the SPÖ Kai Jan Krainer, and for the NEOS Sophie Wotschke. A decision on this is still pending for the Greens, it was said upon inquiry.

Originally, the FPÖ wanted to establish an inquiry committee that would address both the investigations surrounding Pilnacek's death and the authorities' handling of COVID-19 measures. The governing parties rejected this on the grounds that the topics were unrelated. The FPÖ was unsuccessful with a complaint against this decision of the Rules of Procedure Committee before the Constitutional Court. Now they want to address the topics in separate inquiry committees.

(APA/Red)

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