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Rendi-Wagner does not rule out Parliament’s U commission
The SPÖ does not rule out the possibility of a federal-level parliamentary inquiry commission taking up the matter. Federal party leader Pamela Rendi-Wagner told a news conference Tuesday that the report in question will be examined and the other parliamentary groups contacted.
The SPÖ alone does not have enough deputies in the National Council for such a request. Furthermore, two U-committees initiated by the opposition cannot meet at the same time, and the one on the Ibiza video and its consequences continues to function. However, in theory at least, an Ischgl-U committee proposed by a majority would be possible.
In any case, Rendi-Wagner described what happened in Ischgl as “really scandalous”. The ski resort has become a symbol of the uncontrolled spread of the virus in Europe. The report shows that Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) personally caused “panic and chaos” through his quarantine announcement at the time, which had not been coordinated or prepared and for which he was also not responsible. That is exactly what should always be avoided in crisis management. It is clear that there is a need for full clarification, said the head of SPÖ.
Neos wants answers about Ischgl from Anschober
NEOS will summon Health Minister Rudolf Anschober (Greens) tomorrow Wednesday for an urgent request to the House, NEOS head Beate Meinl-Reisinger announced at a press conference on Tuesday. He considers that the Health Councilor of Tyrol, Bernhard Tilg (ÖVP), is ready to retire.
The recently submitted expert commission report indicates “incorrect assessments” by the Tyrolean authorities and miscommunication by the federal government, especially when the quarantine was imposed on Ischgl and St. Anton. In many things you are confirmed, in some it is “even worse” than expected, Meinl-Reisinger told the report. One could almost speak of a “multiple organ failure”.
“Supergau”
“In all other countries, that would be the time to take a step back,” Meinl-Reisinger told Tyrolean health adviser Tilg. Governor Günther Platter’s (ÖVP) reaction is also “unacceptable”, but the federal government also has a “huge responsibility” and cannot “dodge”, says Meinl-Reisinger. Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) is a “panic chancellor” because he caused the panic without preparation on the spot and without any legal basis. The fact that more infections occurred during the tourists’ departure and that the virus had spread across Europe was the “worst case scenario”.
The main responsibility, of course, is the Minister of Health, Anschober, who is now being questioned in the National Council, about Ischgl and about the “growing lack of transparency” in the management of the crown, explained Meinl-Reisinger. “There are drawers, but it doesn’t tell us what’s inside,” he criticized in relation to the expected stricter measures.
