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The president of the National Council sees himself as a “political toy” and does not consider himself biased in the Ibiza investigations.
Vienna The president of the Ibiza Investigation Commission, the president of the National Council Wolfgang Sobotka (ÖVP), who has been criticized for the discussion on associative cooperation in his environment, defends himself against the accusations. Try to read wrong things in it. “I have become a toy of politics,” he told the “Krone”. “I am not biased and I don’t have to put up with these accusations. From no one. And I definitely won’t quit. “
Last week it emerged that the Alois Mock Institute, of which Sobotka is president, received significantly more money from the Novomatic gaming group than was previously known, namely € 108,000. In addition, Novomatic has also sponsored the Waidhofen Chamber Orchestra, which Sobotka conducts over and over again, and the Lower Austrian ÖAAB, of which Sobotka was president. “Everything was correct. I also said that in the commission and during the period under investigation there were joint announcements and events, ”says politician ÖVP. The latest accusations, which concern the chamber orchestra in his hometown, Waidhofen / Ybbs, are particularly painful: “I am a conductor there, nothing more. The president requested sponsorship from many companies. It doesn’t work without support. “
More recently, not only did the opposition factions in the U Committee demand that Sobotka resign from the presidency, but the Greens also urged the president to suspend the presidency until the allegations were resolved. And on Friday night, Green Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler advised him not to occupy the chair anymore “until these possible or actual contradictions have been resolved.”
A similar statement was made on Sunday in the office of the president of the Green Club, Sigrid Maurer: Sobotka had to clarify how the disagreements arose, until then, the second president of the National Council, Doris Bures (SPÖ), should head the presidency. (Red.)
(“Die Presse”, print edition, October 5, 2020)
