Pilnacek and Corona: Turquoise Has a Blue U Committee
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The ÖVP doubts that the subject matter of the investigation complies with the rules.
Should the ÖVP – and thus the coalition – bring the controversial U-Committee request of the FPÖ to the VfGH? Legally, the matter seems clear, politically not.
Since their number exploded, the commissions of inquiry have been in the collimator. Torpedoed by the big bosses, sometimes diverted from their object by the elected ones, they are accused of a confusion of the genres and a harmful theatricalization of political life.
The investigative committee planned by the Freedom Party (FPÖ) is likely to be put on hold. On Wednesday, the coalition factions will "dispute" the FPÖ's request in the National Council to examine various coronavirus measures and the death of former parliamentary section head Christian Pilnacek in the Rules of Procedure Committee, as VP parliamentary group leader Andreas Hanger announced to APA. The FPÖ can now either amend its request or reques…
The investigative committee planned by the Freedom Party (FPÖ) is likely to be put on hold. On Wednesday, the coalition factions will "dispute" the FPÖ's request in the National Council to examine various coronavirus measures and the death of former parliamentary section head Christian Pilnacek in the Rules of Procedure Committee, as VP parliamentary group leader Andreas Hanger announced to APA. The FPÖ can now either amend its request or reques…
"Veto" of the three-way coalition still uncertain.
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