Governor Hans Peter Doskozil (SPÖ) welcomes the termination of the WKStA proceedings for alleged false statements in the Commerzialbank U-Commission: “Personally I am happy and confirmed.” In a statement, he called for a strengthening of the judiciary in this context and resigned over legal action and a ban on donations to political parties in Burgenland over the latest allegations by the ÖVP regarding a special edition of the discontinued weekly newspaper “BF”.
On Wednesday at 5 p.m. he was officially informed of the end of the investigation: “The results are important to me personally. It confirms my position and my attitude that I said from the beginning and was convinced that I acted correctly,” this is now confirmed by the Economic and Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (WKStA) and the Weissensrat, Doskozil said on Thursday. Past stated that he would resign if he were charged, that a high degree of credibility is important in politics: “That is the greatest good that politics can do to the population.”
Trust in the judiciary must be strengthened
He also worked with the WKStA from the start of the proceedings, making everything public and making his mobile phone code available so that the surveys could be carried out quickly. Unlike others, he alluded to former Finance Minister Georg Blümel (ÖVP): “I didn’t drive around with the laptop and pram like others did. Although I don’t have a laptop or a pram.”
In times when Austria faces daily scandals, it needs a “stable entity” and that must be the judiciary: “Confidence in the judiciary must be strengthened and equipped accordingly.” It is important that the judiciary Strong is kept out of the political hiccups and she can work in peace: “Ultimately that strengthens politics.”
According to Doskozil, the opposite is rather the case, as he was confronted with about ten reports as a minister. Only in one case did this lead to an investigation. The provincial governor criticized the fact that the judiciary in Burgenland was also involved in day-to-day political affairs. However, his criticism is not directed at the ÖVP as a whole, but at top management, as they “try to make politics with assumptions and accusations”.
The SPÖ Burgenland is also currently facing libel from the ÖVP on a special issue of the discontinued weekly “BF”. ÖVP Secretary General Laura Sachslehner suspected “hidden” party funding of the SPÖ through this anniversary edition last weekend. State party leader Doskozil was annoyed, referring to the “linking” of party and support organizations with money flows in Vorarlberg: “Trying to distract from such scandals and involve the political opponent is not good and does not contribute to confidence in the politics.” For him, this has reached the point where these allegations will be “legally clarified.” The allegations are “completely false in fact,” he announced civil legal action against the Secretary General.
Source: Krone
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