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He had “held out for 21 months and had not commented on the politics of the day,” retired Governor Hans Niessl said at the beginning of his press conference in Eisenstadt. The fact that you are now speaking for the first time with a statement about the Commerzialbank case is due to the most recent complaints from the ÖVP: as reported, the investigation files, which are also at the disposal of the BVZ, recorded that in a box register in the office of former bank chief Martin Pucher A VIP card issued in the name of Niessl for SV Mattersburg for the 2019/20 season was found. The president of the ÖVP club, Markus Ulram, and the national vice president, Patrik Fazekas, demanded consequences, saying that the former national manager had been a “permanent guest at the expensive VIP club”.
In his press conference, Niessl criticized the two ÖVP politicians as “two parliamentarians who obviously began to study at a distance with Donald Trump”: “I feel attacked. The criminal case of a private cooperative bank is supposed to lead to Burgenland politics, people are being criminalized. ” First, Niessl corrected that he “had never had business relationships with the commercial bank” and therefore could not withdraw money, as the rumor had already said. He learned about the bank issue from the media: “It was like a stab in the heart for me. Most of all, I’m sorry for all the people who lost money here. ”
During his time as governor, he was invited to the SVM VIP Club four or five times: “The state government has invoices for which visits have been paid.” Niessl emphasizes that no VIP passes were issued to him. even if he was allowed to accept said card as a politician who was no longer in office, but that did not happen. Not only as the current president of Sport Austria, it is also common in his opinion that senior political representatives are also present at sporting events.
“Sorry is the least”
Now Niessl demands an apology from the ÖVP. If necessary, legal steps are also possible: “That is murder of character, which also affects my private consulting company.” The former governor has made provisions for the issue of Commerzialbank gifts, listing all donations that were made to institutions such as his birthday celebrations, the Red Cross or the SOS Children’s Village.
When asked about the bank’s years of embezzlement, Niessl said that during his reign “there was never any indication of trouble at the bank”: “I was not responsible for the finance department, but I still don’t recall that there were reports of this in the government”. Niessl said he had no problem giving testimony in the commission of inquiry. So far he has not been invited to do so. This week, among others, former Vice President of State and Economic Advisor Franz Steindl (ÖVP) and former Financial State Councilor Helmut Bieler will answer the committee’s questions.
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