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At the meeting of the National Security Council, the ÖVP, the Greens and the NEOS approved a motion by the government groups recommending the establishment of an independent commission of inquiry “to assess the incidents and official measures before the attack.” Furthermore, the recommendations are to continue with the reform measures already introduced in the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Terrorism.
The government’s proposal was not supported by the SPÖ and FPÖ at the meeting of the Security Council, which acts as an advisory body to the federal government, on the terrorist attack in Vienna. SPÖ Vice President Jörg Leichtfried told the APA that his parliamentary group had not agreed, “because from our point of view, this is an attempt by the ÖVP to transfer its own responsibility for complaints to the BVT, although the ÖVP has been responsible for the Ministry of the Interior and therefore for that for years. BVT is responsible. ” The recommended commission is also critical of the SPÖ, as it should be created by the Ministry of the Interior and Justice – “from our point of view it is not independent”.
The NEOS, however, gave their go-ahead. “We went with them because we want to be constructive. Now it is important to insist on the independence of the Commission. Because we do not know how (Interior Minister, note) Karl Nehammer imagines it,” said NEOS defense spokesman Douglas Hoyos. the APA meeting. He referred again to the proposal to appoint Georg Krakow of Transparency International as head of that commission.
The request states that the BVT reform aims to restore the confidence of international services in the Federal Office, “eliminate obvious deficiencies” in the BVT “and make the BVT’s contribution to a fight against terrorism that works with a high and adequate standard of legal protection to ensure parliamentary scrutiny. ” The application also recommends “evaluating the current levels of personnel of the relevant authorities (criminal, judicial, police, prevention agencies)”.
Those: APA
