After the averted attack, the ÖVP and experts are calling for new options and laws for surveillance for intelligence services. The focus of criticism is Justice Minister Alma Zadić. Your general secretary is on the offensive. In general, there are many political quarrels.
As expected, the prevented attack in Vienna provided greater domestic political momentum. Interior Minister Gerhard Karner of the ÖVP immediately called for the possibility of monitoring courier services. So that you are no longer so dependent on foreign services. The ÖVP has wanted this for a long time. Karner also identified the “preventers” and spoke of a “Kickl-Zadić anti-security alliance”.
In any case, a legal change is needed, say experts and politicians such as Christopher Drexler, head of the ÖVP Styria, who holds the Minister of Justice responsible. Alma Zadić herself does not want to comment, she lets Secretary General Olga Voglauer respond.
“Comparisons are completely inappropriate”
She says: “The constant comparisons of Alma Zadić with the right-wing agitator Herbert Kickl are not only completely inappropriate, but also a danger to our democratic culture.” But what about the demand for more surveillance capabilities and a new law?
“On the specific issue, the Greens are clear: maximum crime control is needed. It is the task of the Ministry of the Interior to find a solution for monitoring encrypted messenger communications that is legally and technically feasible and effectively combats crime.”
“Prohibition law for political Islam”
The FPÖ parliamentary club is quoted as saying: “People have not forgotten how the ÖVP insulted tens of thousands of citizens who criticized the Corona regime and abused our security authorities to keep an eye on their own population.”
Because where the ÖVP says “security against Islamist threats”, there is talk of a deep state, mass espionage and a lack of freedom for Austrians, according to the Blues, who are particularly critical of the immigration policy of the turquoise-green government and the SPÖ and the reintroduction of a ban on this demand of political Islam.
The next government must solve this
The SPÖ points to the lack of a constitutional bill, despite repeated requests from the Reds in the “Intelligence Committee”. “If such a proposal comes, it can be investigated. “But we refuse to allow the private messages of all Austrians to be tapped”, Einwallner emphasizes. The ÖVP Interior Minister ruled this out in the ‘Krone’ interview anyway.
“It is clear that we need solutions here,” says Nikolaus Scherak, constitutional spokesman for NEOS. To date, the ÖVP and the Greens have not succeeded in presenting a constitutionally compliant proposal that can be assessed in terms of content. “It is up to the next federal government to develop a reform that takes security, freedom and the rule of law into account in equal measure.”
Source: Krone

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