The opposition parties FPÖ, SPÖ and NEOS reacted with criticism and sometimes malice after the publication of the statement of accounts of the ÖVP by the Court of Auditors. The NEOS again saw this as confirmation of the ÖVP’s “corruption problem”. FPÖ Secretary General Michael Schnedlitz was “stunned” and called the People’s Party figures a “single deception and deception”. The Turquoises see it very differently, of course.
Apparently, “aside from the date and page numbering, nothing in this report is correct,” Schnedlitz says. The list of points that the ÖVP has apparently deliberately given incorrectly is long. The ÖVP has left the rule of law and is increasingly becoming an advocate of the “mafia paragraphs”.
NEOS: A historic low”
The fact that the former business party is being appointed as an accountant for the first time to audit its finances is an all-time low,” said NEOS Secretary General Douglas Hoyos, who demanded an immediate clarification from ÖVP Chancellor Karl Nehammer, who has appointed Turkey’s secretary general. was general in 2019. In addition, this also confirms the RH that all senior associations should be seen as sub-organizations of the ÖVP. Therefore, according to Hoyos, the ÖVP associations must repay the money wrongly received.
SPÖ locates “turquoise scandal swamp”
The SPÖ followed the same line. For Federal Manager Christian Deutsch, the “turquoise structures used to rake in generous grants” have finally imploded, and grants received in error must be repaid immediately. The “turquoise swamp of scandal” is so deep that immediate new elections are inevitable, Deutsch says.
“Bad testimony for ÖVP party accounting”
And the Greens, as coalition partners of the ÖVP, leave no stone unturned either: the Court’s statement is “devastating” and gives the ÖVP’s accounts “a bad testimony,” says Green National Council member Nina tomaselli. According to the Court of Auditors, the “advertising activities of the Wirtschaftsbund tool” should also have an impact on the ÖVP. She was convinced that this “unfair and non-transparent use of taxpayers’ money” would justifiably irritate the population.
The ÖVP saw it differently, of course, who, according to his press spokesman, is ‘calm’ about the new audit by the accountant. After all, “everything has already been checked several times”, it says in a broadcast. We note that the Court of Auditors wishes to insure itself through a third auditor. The People’s Party has stated “completely and correctly” all costs of the 2019 election campaigns.
VP: Upper limit respected on point and comma”
The necessary documents had been provided to the Court of Auditors and could be made available for further audit at any time. They have always been cooperative and the Court’s questions have been answered comprehensively and conscientiously. The People’s Party had nothing to hide, “the upper limit for both election campaigns was respected and even exceeded,” it said.
Source: Krone
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