[ad_1]
The decision of September 23 in the National Council is unstable. Above all, the FPÖ is slowing down. The government-planned amendments to the Corona law are also intended to create the legal basis for the Corona stoplight.
Vienna The government-planned amendments to the Corona law, which are also intended to create the legal basis for the Corona stoplight, continue to cause turmoil among parliamentary groups. Much criticized in the evaluation, the revised draft should be available on Monday. The ÖVP and the Greens point to the decision of September 23, but the opposition, especially the FPÖ, is slowing down.
If the plans of the government groups go according to plan, Health Minister Rudolf Anschober will meet with the groups for a discussion on Monday at 10.30 a.m. After the extraordinary session of the National Council, which begins at 12 noon. and in which the law will be returned, the health committee will meet. There they want to decide on a four-day committee review. A second health committee is scheduled to approve the amendment on Sept. 21, with the decision due two days later at the first regular plenary meeting after the summer.
The catch: This parliamentary procedure is usually decided by consensus, and the FPÖ again demonstrated resistance on Thursday. “We clearly demand an adequate review period, of at least 3 weeks, for such serious laws that affect the fundamental rights and freedoms of our citizens, as well as a subsequent expert hearing,” said FPÖ health spokesperson Gerhard Kaniak .
“Austria can also be governed without these amendments to the law and without the crown traffic light, so there must at least be time for a proper evaluation,” said Kaniak, who named the next plenary session on October 13 as the deadline. “The Minister of Health, Anschober, would do well to take seriously the criticisms that have been repeatedly leveled at him and not continue to regard parliament as a puppet of the black-green government. Instead of informal rounds of conversations, clear and transparent information and discussion is required in the responsible committee. I very much hope that you take the time to do so ”, emphasized the FPÖ health spokesperson.
On the part of the SPÖ, health spokesman Philip Kucher emphasized that the responsibility for the pressure of deadlines rests solely with the government itself. “The ÖVP and the Greens would have had two months to legally regulate traffic lights and the provisions of the Covid Measures Act and the Epidemic Act. They just didn’t put it together. Instead, they wasted time with countless press conferences and speeches.” It is up to the government to finally present a legally sustainable legislative proposal: “Then we will see how to organize a proper review process so that experts and the opposition are heard.”
Gerald Loacker (Neos) said that Parliament was ready to act. However, they are still waiting for the revised draft. Loacker warned that “now people will quickly go through parliament again just because the government slept through the summer.” (APA)
(“Die Presse”, print edition, 11.09.2020)
