The ÖVP announced Tuesday that they wanted to invite Herbert Kickl to the ÖVP subcommittee because of the Jenewein case. However, the FPÖ leader himself thinks little of this: “The content of the summons is not justified. Because it is the task of the commission to clear up allegations of corruption against government members of the ÖVP,” Kickl said on Thursday. Apparently the People’s Party thinks his statement is necessary.
“If the ÖVP thinks we can alleviate their corruption networks in the investigation committee, then I will be happy to contribute. But then they could have left me at the Ministry of the Interior, then we would be much further,” said Kickl – who is the minister of the Interior. Home Affairs was until the end of FPÖ-ÖVP cooperation with the government after the Ibiza scandal broke.
Jenewein-Causa as an occasion
The ÖVP invites Kickl to the committee related to the Jenewein-Causa. Former MP and later club employee Hans-Jörg Jenewein, who is also considered a close confidant of Kickl, is said to have filed a complaint against the Viennese FPÖ over alleged misuse of funding.
Jenewein: Kickl denies knowledge of the ad
Jenewein left the party after this advertisement became known and official measures were also taken. A few days later, Jenewein’s suicide attempt was revealed. Kickl has always denied allegations that he was aware of the ad.
ÖVP also wants to ask Kickl about Austria in Motion
In this context, the ÖVP Kickl wants to ask again about the FPÖ-affiliated association Austria in Motion. A telephone conversation apparently secretly recorded by Jenewein with former party colleagues Markus Tschank and Markus Braun raises the suspicion that Kickl was involved in the architecture of the party-affiliated clubs. The FPÖ recently denied that there was illegal party financing in this context and referred to the closed investigations.
Source: Krone
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