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Justice Minister Alma Zadić (Greens) surprisingly announced in May the division of the section that was merged ten years ago. The move amounted to the loss of power of Pilnacek, who had been responsible for both criminal law and specialized supervision of criminal proceedings since 2010. Pilnacek had been criticized for meeting with ÖVP suspects in the casino affair and had a public conflict with the corruption prosecutor.
In the application process for the new criminal law section, Pilnacek prevailed, he was rated as the most suitable by the evaluation committee. Likewise, Göth-Flemmich was previously head of the department of “International Criminal Law”. Zadic forwarded the proposals to Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen, who has already signed them, at the APA’s request from his office.
“With this reorganization in the Ministry of Justice we want to structurally implement the internal separation of powers and at the same time ensure the independence of the investigative work of the Public Ministry and promote important reforms in criminal law,” said Zadic.
