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Tugging over Ibiza video: ÖVP attacks WKStA, Greens defend authority

The ÖVP group leader in the Ibiza committee, Wolfgang Gerstl, has the economic and Corruption Prosecutor (WKStA) attacked sharply on Monday. Gerstl stated in a broadcast that territorial fighting between WKStA and Public prosecutor Vienna delayed the delivery of the Ibiza video to parliament.

Has explained in more detail Gerstl not this charge. However, he finds hard words for the prosecution: “After the completely unprofessional action of the WKStA in the BAT raid and the Eurofighter investigation, the Ibiza Causa would be the next major failure of an agency that cannot afford to make mistakes. ” Gerstl not only locate in the list of WKStA “Need for reform”, but also in the currently led by the coalition partner Ministry of Justice.

Minister of Justice Alma Zadic (Greens) took the Public prosecutor in this regard in protection: “I do not understand why the WKStA should be responsible for the video Committee of Inquiry to submit. The senior prosecutor is responsible and the video is neither with the Public prosecutor Vienna still with the WKStA. “

Greens outraged by “unrelated allegations” of the ÖVP

The green parliamentary club also shows the attack of the ÖVP on the WKStA back. “The completely incoherent allegations against WKStA lack any foundation and fit seamlessly into a number of previous attempts to discredit and weaken the agency as such, “said the justice spokeswoman Agnes Sirkka Prammer in a press release: If you want clean politics, you have to let the authorities work freely.

The ÖVP has the WKStA already in sight for a long time. In early February it was announced that the Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) in a background discussion in front of numerous journalists WKStA referred to as the network of red prosecutors.

Ministry of Interior wants to forward video as “interim report”

The Ministry of the Interior now consider a “Interim report“with the raw material of the Ibiza video Public prosecutor Vienna to transmit. So that could Ministry of Justice Forward the recordings to the U-Committee, said Secretary General Helmut Tomac the APA on Monday.

A dispute arose between the home and justice departments over the weekend about who is now responsible for the transmission of the video material to the Committee of Inquiry responsible is. There the MPs want to see the recordings before the witness interviews begin on Thursday if possible. The ÖVP-led Ministry of the Interior the judiciary sees this as an obligation because, according to the rules of procedure, it is responsible for forwarding investigative files. Justice Minister Alma Zadic (Greens) pointed out, however, that the material is currently still in Federal Criminal Police Office is evaluated. To enable transmission to Parliament in the first place, the police the recordings therefore first of all to the Public prosecutor send. Then you want it “as soon as possible” Committee of Inquiry to transfer.

For the transmission to the judiciary, however, would be according to the Ministry of the Interior an instruction from the Public prosecutor Vienna was necessary, but has not yet taken place. The Secretary General in Ministry of the Interior, Helmut Tomac is now considering “Interim report“with the raw material of the video to enable the judiciary to forward it to parliament. The level of secrecy with which the material is to go to parliament wants Tomac do not say: “I do not want to make a recommendation, that must be judged by the judiciary.”

Evaluation takes another week and a half

The one from the Public prosecutor Vienna as well as the economic and Corruption Prosecutor (WKStA) requested evaluation of the video material by the Federal Criminal Police Office Will be loud Tomac last at least a week and a half. This is because of the poor audio quality of the video and because translation work is necessary. Before there is a job Interim report can give is loud Tomac now checked. If this report does exist, it will be done “as soon as possible”.

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