Commission on ÖVP and Corruption: Today, Wednesday, Vorarlberg Governor Markus Wallner (ÖVP) testifies. It concerns alleged secret party financing. Turkish representatives announce strong opposition to the issue.
It will be two intensive days in the Hofburg. “Vorarlberg Week”. An affair with a business association shakes Ländle and the country. Governor Markus Wallner is also said to have wedged advertisements in the interest of his party. He denies the advantage.
There have been layoffs and investigations are underway. Wallner was said to have been questioned by the WKStA on Tuesday. No official confirmation. It is the presumption of innocence.
Wallner is expected on Wednesday, Treasury Secretary and Vorarlberg Magnus Brunner on Thursday. He wants to contribute as much as possible, he says. A heated discussion is expected. The ÖVP has announced resistance. Group leader Andreas Hanger: “For us, the Vorarlberg case is certainly not part of the U-committee. Neither in content nor in time.”
A difficult problem area to tackle
A union newspaper in the field of a federal state is basically not in the implementation of the federal government. In fact, the problem area should be hard to break. Hanger: “We will question every question from the investigating judge.”
The opposition, which accuses the ÖVP of “misuse of taxpayers’ money”, is also counting on this. Christian Hafenecker (FPÖ) expects a “seat war”. NEOS, SPÖ and the Greens also fear long debates about the rules of procedure.
There is no contradiction when it comes to issuing payments from the NPO for senior and agricultural associations, etc. The fund is part of the federal government. With Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler (Greens), whose department now has all suspicious payments checked. This is of course still music for the future. The present sounds different. There are disagreements. chat delivery, evaluation.
The Minister of Justice remains in the turquoise crosshairs
Andreas Hanger has been demanding “everything on the table” for some time and is targeting the minister of the Green coalition partner: Alma Zadić. She is responsible for the chaos in the judiciary and must ensure that suspicious chats by key figure Thomas Schmid with SPÖ people also reach the committee.
The minister argues for a lack of resources. And refers to the order of deliveries determined by the parties. Not understandable for the ÖVP.
Then the chats 2044 would end up in the committee
Hanger did the calculations. 385,000 messages as of May 1, 2022. 1,400 messages are evaluated monthly. That would mean that the SPÖ chats would be delivered in 2044. Hanger and SPÖ opponent Jan Krainer would then argue about it at the age of 76. You don’t want to imagine that.
Source: Krone
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