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There is a long list of bad behaviors that must be addressed. “Criticism must be possible in a constitutional state,” he said. Edtstadler on the “ZiB2” on Tuesday. The statements of the Green coalition partner, according to which the ÖVP has a “disturbed relationship with the independent judiciary”, were rejected “as completely absurd”.
The ÖVP is not about attacks on the judiciary and the fact that Finance Minister Gernot Blümel (ÖVP) is being investigated, but about the misconduct of the WKStA. Edtstadler again about the illegal registration of houses at the BVT, the WKStA investigations against a journalist and the fact that Blümel learned of his suspect status from the media.
This “long list of misconduct must be addressed, criticism must be possible in a constitutional state. If there are misconduct, it cannot be missed,” he said. Edtstadler and insisted that “the presumption of innocence should apply to everyone, including a finance minister, and should not degenerate into an empty phrase.” The former judge also questioned the proportionality of the action against Blümel. A house search is the most successful means, there would have been more gentle ones.
Criticism of the ÖVP, especially by Chancellor Sebastian Kurz of the WKStA also causes displeasure among professional representatives. “In a country like Austria, you wouldn’t really expect one state authority to blacken another state authority in that way,” said Sabine Matejka, president of the “Standard” judges association.
Every suspect has the right to a judicial review of the actions of a prosecutor. “But this content control is the job of independent courts, not politics.”
Something similar can be heard from the president of the Austrian Prosecutor’s Association: “These general accusations from the Chancellor cause us outrage,” says Cornelia Koller.
