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The Ibiza-U-Committee goes to the final, at least for this year. Wednesday and Thursday are the last days of this year’s survey, and it will continue into 2021.
Today, Wednesday, the focus is on the game and, above all, on the Novomatic group, which is suspected of influencing the laws of the ÖVP-FPÖ government.
Novomatic Manager Alexander M. You should be the first person to answer the question of whether the Novomatic really “pays everyone”, as Heinz-Christian Strache stated in the Ibiza video.
“Can you explain this statement in any way?” It was the first question of the judge of first instance Wolfgang Plöschl an M.
“It was incomprehensible to me,” he says. He emphasizes that the gambling company makes or promises bribe payments, that is “completely out of the world” for him: “The Novomatic doesn’t do that.”
“I refuse”
Otherwise the Novomatic manager is extremely cautious. With each question, even if you are only asked if you know someone, consult your attorney. Michael rohrgger. Several times he refuses to testify, referring to the fact that the case is being investigated against him under criminal law.
In any case, the informant does not personally know the former secretary of state of the FPÖ, Fuchs, with whom M. could have intervened in the opinion of several deputies: “I never met, knew or spoke with the man.”
Parliamentarians are not receiving any information on a planned amendment to the Gaming Law, with which licenses for small games of chance should migrate from the states to the federal government. Did he know? M. declines.
“Price list” for laws?
M. also decides to go to the possible “price list” for casino licenses, which was found during a house search in March 2020. Investigators suspect that the sums of money listed in the confiscated notes may represent “prizes” for legislative changes and casino licenses.
For example, the doc says “Vienna / Prater and Burgenland (Parndorf) locations”, next to him he noted: “1 M €” For the first “500,000 euros” for the second location.
M. does not answer any questions about these documents. “An answer could have criminal consequences for me,” he says.
