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Born in Hungary, he had a picture book career at the Ministry of Finance. The relationship with the former chief of staff and now a board member of the state holding company ÖBAG, Thomas Schmid, whom he met privately a year before his recruitment to the department, at least he suspected from some deputies, could have been an advantage. As Schmid’s “right hand”, he also went to the state holding company.
Regarding the transformation of ÖBIB into ÖBAG, the young man repeated what other informants from the U Committee had said before: The structure of the predecessor ÖBIB organization “was neither efficient nor optimal”. “ÖBIB was not represented on the supervisory boards of the associated companies. That is different at ÖBAG.” The last 18 months have also shown that the conversion was a good decision.
His professional relationship with his boss, even when he was involved in the “Edelstein Project”, was described by his former intern as follows: “When I receive an assignment from Thomas Schmid, I do not ask why, but how often and when” . It was “to examine a possible cooperation between the post office and the federal computer center.” There was “a small team” of which he was a part.
However, BRZ representatives did not participate, to work “openly,” reported the informant. However, the general manager of the position, Georg Pölzl, knew about the idea. Then-Finance Minister Hartwig Löger (ÖVP) was also not very enthusiastic about a presentation. Y: Representatives of the Federal Chancellery also participated, such as the Chief of Staff of Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP).
The project was checked to see if it was legally feasible, politically viable, and commercially sound. However, after a while, they realized that “it wouldn’t work.” The project was rejected for various reasons. One of the reasons is said to be the data scandal at the state-owned post office. I couldn’t tell why the whole “Top Secret” project had run.
Discussions over the rules, which had gotten out of hand in previous meetings, were kept within bounds when the intern was questioned. However, he was openly misunderstanding on some issues and doubted they were even the subject of the process. For some of the mentioned submissions and emails, he was unable to say whether he was the author or not.
The “Gemstone Project” should remain a topic in committee even after the first respondent has been interviewed. It was the turn of two representatives of Post AG: the president of the Supervisory Board Edith Hlawati and the head of the Public Law and Regulatory Management team, Torsten Marx.
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