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The federal government needs the planned amendments to the crown laws as a legal basis to be able to issue regulations at the crown traffic light that go beyond the mask requirement (for example, restrictions on events). Despite criticism from the opposition, the VP and the Greens are doing their best to get the amendments through the National Council in September. One hopes to win the FP for him too, said parliamentary club VP. Green club director Sigrid Maurer also wants more talks, the deadline for the decision is September 23.
If Trkis-Grn has its way, Health Minister Rudi Anschober (Grne) should present his revised draft on Monday after a very critical evaluation. Then a review committee must be decided, for which the National Council’s health committee would have to meet twice, on September 14 and 21. This would pave the way for a September resolution. But the FP has so far refused to do this. She still wants a three week evaluation. The FP even spoke of “parliamentary blackmail”.
In principle, it is customary for such a parliamentary procedure to be devised only by mutual agreement. But it is not required by law. In the past there have been cases where commissions were convened without everyone’s consent, it was heard in Parliament.
However, a second variant is more likely: if there is no agreement on the committee’s brief review, the coalition will present the bill to the special session of the National Council next Monday as a proposed initiative and will set a deadline. Then it would have to be discussed in the plenary session of the National Council on September 23, whether the committee is in session or not. The revised bill will not be reviewed at all.
The SP said the government was responsible for the deadline pressure. This would have taken two months to regulate traffic lights and legal measures “cleanly,” said health spokesman Philip Kucher.
The stricter requirement for masks in retail and catering can now be issued by Anschober by ordinance, also at the district level. This is regulated in the existing Covid Law and has not been repealed by the Constitutional Court. More recently, especially in Upper Austria, there were doubts as to whether this was legally possible.
