Truth or dirt campaign? Court judges hangers!

Truth or dirt campaign? Court judges hangers!

In a current legal dispute, the Vienna Commercial Court made a clear decision for the FPÖ state councilor Christoph Luisser. The ÖVP National Councilor Andreas Hanger had previously made false claims about Luisser, especially with regard to his appointment as group leader in the Ministry of the Interior. Hanger had assumed that Luisser had not been selected on the basis of objective criteria. According to the "Kronen Zeitung", this judgment checks and confirms the allegations as "freely invented", which is a difficult defeat for Hanger, such as ots reported.

The court's 21-page decision shows that Luisser actually received his position in the Ministry on the basis of the assessment of a five-member commission and not based on any relationships or nepotism, which Hanger had alluded to. Luisser was pleased with the judgment and stated: "Mr. Hanger has a problem with the truth. We now have this black on white." The judgment obliges Hanger to refrain from his defaming statements and to publicly revoke these false claims on the television station OE24, which could further endanger his political influence, so noe.orf .

Andreas Hanger said that he respected the judgment, but remains in his opinion that it was "blue postschacher". It is currently still unclear whether he will appeal. With this decision, however, a strong sign is set against the spread of false information in politics and shows that such claims do not remain without consequences.