Committee of inquiry to clarify allegations of corruption
The committee of inquiry to clarify allegations of corruption was set up by the Austrian National Council on October 20, 2011. It was the 19th inquiry committee of the National Council in the Second Republic, and he ran the 2012th goal of 28 October 2011 to 16 October was to examine various operations in recent years to determine the extent to which in these cases of corruption in the game was.
subjects
An overview of the subjects dealt with in the committee of inquiry:
| No. | theme | Period* |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Telecom affair | Jan 26, 2012 - Apr 12, 2012; Oct 11, 2012 |
| 2. | BUWOG affair | Apr 17, 2012 - May 22, 2012 |
| 3. | Authority radio ( Tetron affair ) | 30th May. 2012 - June 26, 2012 |
| 4th | Placement of advertisements on instruction | 26 Sep 2012 - Oct 2, 2012; Oct 4, 2012 |
| 5. | Direct placement of advertisements and other media cooperation | Oct 2, 2012 |
| 6th | Relaxation of the gambling monopoly | Jul 10, 2012 - Jul 11, 2012 |
| 7th | Citizenship Awards ( Part-of-the-Game Affair ) | Oct 3, 2012 |
Notes on the last three meetings:
- October 9, 2012: No testimony. Two invited witnesses who did not appear: Ex- Motorola manager Hans-Joachim Wirth (blue light radio) and investment banker Karlheinz Muhr (Buwog affair).
- October 10, 2012: No witness summons.
- October 11, 2012: As the last witness of the investigative committee, Martin Schlaff testified on the subject of Eastern Telecom deals and provoked a Gestapo comparison.
Members
| Surname | Political party | function |
|---|---|---|
| Walter Rosenkranz | FPÖ | Chairman |
| Werner Amon | ÖVP | Faction leader |
| Otto Pendl | SPÖ | Group leader / deputy chairman |
| Stefan Petzner | BZÖ | Group leader / deputy chairman |
| Peter Pilz | Green | Faction leader |
| Gabriele Tamandl | ÖVP | Deputy Chairman |
| Gerhard Deimek | FPÖ | - |
| Adelheid Fürntrath-Moretti | ÖVP | - |
| Erwin Hornek | ÖVP | - |
| Christian Höbart | FPÖ | - |
| Kai Jan Krainer | SPÖ | - |
| Günther Herbs | SPÖ | - |
| Christine Lapp | SPÖ | - |
| Johann Maier | SPÖ | - |
| Gabriela Moser | Green | Chairwoman (Nov. 18, 2011 - Sep. 18, 2012) |
| Johannes Schmuckenschlager | ÖVP | - |
Termination of the Committee
On July 11, 2012, the SPÖ, ÖVP and BZÖ passed a motion according to which courts and ministries should no longer deliver files on topics that have already been dealt with (telecommunications (except for Eastern business), BUWOG, official radio and gambling) by December 31, 2012. In contrast, chairwoman Gabriela Moser was of the opinion that this decision had to be made unanimously. She therefore did not announce the result of the vote, but stated that this had to be checked legally.
Another point of contention (which later also led to charges of defamation against the club chairmen Josef Cap and Karlheinz Kopf ) was the subsequent correction of the minutes of voting behavior by Gabriela Moser from "majority acceptance" to "not found the required majority" after an objection by Peter Pilz.
On August 31, 2012, the committee came to a temporary end. The reason for this was a four-party motion by the SPÖ, ÖVP, FPÖ and BZÖ, which, in addition to the schedule and summons of witnesses, also included restricted delivery of files (file delivery stop on October 2, 2012), which chairwoman Gabriela Moser, due to a lack of unanimity (in application of Section 10 VO -UA) but not allowed to vote. The July 11 application was also submitted again, but this time Moser approved.
On September 6, 2012, there was a meeting between the President of the National Council , Barbara Prammer , Gabriela Moser and all parliamentary group leaders. After this meeting, Gabriela Moser decided to allow the application after all and read out a corresponding statement. Afterwards, the parliamentary group leaders and club chairmen of the SPÖ, ÖVP, FPÖ and BZÖ demanded an apology, the withdrawal of the declaration or the resignation of the chairperson. On September 18, 2012, Gabriela Moser resigned from the chair.
On September 19, the governing parties submitted a "deadline motion" to the National Council calling for the committee of inquiry to be terminated immediately. After intensive negotiations with the opposition, all parties agreed on a compromise, which said that files on the open evidence should only be delivered until October 2 (advertising affair), October 3 (citizenships) and October 9 (Telecom Eastern business) should be. A file delivery freeze applied to the issues of evidence already dealt with, unless the majority in the committee had decided to resume the delivery of files. It was also determined that the committee should end on October 16 after 8 further meetings. The opposition was outraged by the “blackmail” of the ruling parties, while the government saw a “strong sign from Parliament”.
An invitation from Chancellor Faymann to testify before the committee of inquiry into the advertising affair was requested several times by the opposition parties, but was always rejected by the governing parties.
Events after the end of the committee
On November 8, 2012, the Greens presented their unofficial report to the committee of inquiry at a special session of the National Council. The report was 680 pages long and dealt with both those issues that were dealt with in the committee and those that were no longer dealt with. In addition, as a result of the committee and its premature end on November 12, 2012, they collected declarations of support for a referendum with five demands on the fight against corruption, the central demand of which was the committee of inquiry as a minority right .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Request for the establishment of a committee of inquiry @ Parliament
- ^ U committee asks Ostermayer and Berlakovich ( memento from January 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). Wirtschaftsblatt; September 30, 2012
- ↑ Kleine Zeitung : The Last Witness ; October 11, 2012 Retrieved April 29, 2020
- ↑ 260 / KOMM XXIV.GP (43rd meeting) (PDF; 111 kB) Communiqué of the committee of inquiry, August 31, 2012
- ^ U Committee: Chronology of the Conflict ( Memento from September 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). Small newspaper ; September 18, 2012
- ^ U Committee: Greens indicate cap and head for defamation ; derStandard.at; 15th September 2012
- ↑ a b A compromise at the expense of the opposition . Wiener Zeitung; 19th September 2012
- ↑ U Committee: Entrenched before meeting with Prammer . Format; September 14, 2012
- ↑ § 10 of the rules of procedure for parliamentary committees of inquiry (VO-UA) @ Parlament
- ^ U Committee: Expert opinion agrees with the Greens . Courier; 5th September 2012
- ↑ "Everything on the Moser" . Peter Pilz Diary; September 6, 2012
- ↑ Declaration by the chairperson (PDF; 39 kB) @ Peter Pilz
- ^ Showdown in the U committee . Courier; September 12, 2012
- ^ U Committee: Moser resigns from the chair . The press; September 18, 2012
- ^ Opposition feels blackmailed , Der Standard, September 20, 2012
- ↑ Greens submitted report to U Committee ; Der Standard, November 8, 2012
- ^ Against corruption: Greens set government ultimatum with referendum ; Der Standard, November 12, 2012