FPÖ demands the U-Committee: Causa Pilnacek and Corona in focus!

FPÖ demands the U-Committee: Causa Pilnacek and Corona in focus!

Österreich - The FPÖ took the Initiative to use an investigation committee (U-Committee) to the Interior Ministry, which is supposed to concentrate on the last government period. This step comes after intensive internal considerations and legal exams on the negotiations to establish the committee. The focus is on the death of the former judicial section Christian Pilnacek and the controversial corona measures, such as

FPÖ general secretary Christian Hafenecker has stated that the application for the U-Committee is expected to be brought in at the plenary session on April 24. In view of the political framework, Hafeneck alliances with the government parties ÖVP, SPÖ and NEOS consider it unlikely, since differences in the committee could result in the end of the current coalition. However, he sees the possibility of partial cooperation with the Greens, especially with regard to the Causa Pilnacek.

The FPÖ calls for a thorough investigation on two central topics in its application: firstly to the Causa Pilnacek, in connection with the suicide of the former head of the Section in the Ministry of Justice, and secondly on the forced measures of the Interior Ministry during Covid pandemic. Hafeneck emphasizes that the committee is to limit itself to the last legislative period in order not to take the risk of going to a "historian commission", according to Kurier .

The allegations are particularly controversial that the People's Party is abused by the Ministry of the Interior for Party Political Goals and officials. This applies in particular to the formulations used during pandemic, such as "personal storms", which were used to justify measures such as the "encirclement" of humans.

political reactions and outlook

Although the FPÖ has sufficient MPs to use the U-Committee on its own, Hafenecker and his party expect a public debate on the topics of the committee. He plans to exploit the surveys for full time in order to achieve comprehensive clarification of the allegations. Planned interrogations could take place in autumn.

When asked whether he is aware of the possibility of a "revenge committee" of the ÖVP, Hafeneck is calm. In the background, the People's Party has already been strained to explain its own handling of the upcoming examinations. Interior Minister Gerhard Karner emphasizes the need to defend the work of the officials and to be protected against political debates.