The Supreme Court has now drawn a final line among the decades of Buwog-Causa and is guilty of ex-finances minister Karl-Heinz Grasser of unfaithfulness and the acceptance of gifts. The 56-year-old must be guardianship for four years. He still sees himself innocent and wants to move to the European Court of Human Rights because of the “wrong” estimates. OGH President Georg Kodek rejects the allegations of Grasser.
“I clearly have the impression that the judges clearly wanted to judge me at all costs. I believe that this judgment is wrong and is legally untenable in my conviction,” said Grasser when leaving the OGH Negotiation Hall on Tuesday. It was a “massive violation of my human rights and my life,” said the ex-Financial Minister. “I am deeply convinced that I will at least get my right at the European level.”
OGH President Kodek rejected Grasser’s claims in the “Zeit im Picture 2”. The court handled carefully and extensively with the cause and the presidency court explained why the alleged procedural errors did not exist. Asked if someone could say that Grasser has lied for decades and an innocent man has been convicted, Kodek said: “This is a permitted interpretation.”
“Grimed injury to the suspicion of innocence”
“With the help of the file, we check whether there have been procedural or right -wing mistakes”. This was again said by the Senate of the Supreme Court of the judge for an extensive justification. If the OGH suspected that innocent people had been convicted here, the judgment of the first instance would have been lifted.
Due to the long period of procedures or the release of the accusation of falsification of evidence, the punishment of Grasser was shortened to four years – the remaining accused now made lower penalties. Kodek showed an understanding of the defendants and their relatives, who were exposed to ridicule and violation of the suspicion of innocence over the years. “What is available here is a blatant violation of the suspicion of innocence,” said the OGH president.
“Something like that should not happen”
You could also learn something from such a procedure, the judge said. To prevent overhanging processes, one could in the future be “charged in clear portions” or divide large procedures into “clear portions”. Kodek did not see a maximum limit for legal procedures as a possible option. Such “Uitbijters” as in the bubup process should not happen.
Source: Krone
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