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Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler (Greens) drew up a political balance sheet at ORF, but also commented on the setbacks in constitutional protection before the terrorist attack.
The Interior Ministry presented a provisional balance on the investigation of the terrorist attack in Vienna on Wednesday afternoon. It shows great setbacks in protecting the constitution. The killer’s findings were not passed on to each other or to the judiciary, he says. It wasn’t until very late that a ranking of how dangerous the subsequent killer was was made in advance. The case suggests that the structures should be revised, it is said.
But: even without the breakdowns, the terrorist attack in Vienna could not have been prevented, according to the interim report. Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler (Greens) took a position on this, but also on his 2020 political balance, at the ORF- “ZiB 2” with presenter Armin Wolf. “There will be several steps to implement the anti-terror package,” Kogler said of the new government package. The first step has already been presented, the next will follow in early 2021. She is not surprised what her report is, said Kogler, who currently represents Alma Zadic as justice minister.
“At least we would wait for the final report”
In combination with other facts, it could lead to harsher punishments, according to Kogler, when explaining the meaning of the new law, but it is not about individual belief communities or individual religions. “We would at least wait for the final report,” Kogler said, on whether there should be resignations after the setbacks were discovered. If all goes well, we will achieve it at the end of January ”. It is worth “waiting for the big picture” because the situation could get worse after the “mass indictment” and there could be many more, according to Kogler.
The Vice Chancellor passed the buck to the government partner on why the government and especially the Greens did not want to accept refugees from the camps in Greece in Austria. In alliance with “many aid and church organizations, but also with more and more ÖVP politicians”, work is being done to calm the situation in the Greek refugee camps with immediate help and to host 100 families in Austria.
“We still need majorities”
“We still need majorities,” Kogler said, but he sees signs this could happen. In return, why not block ÖVP in projects if you want to enforce that? The Minister of the Interior is solely responsible for the procedure, a family reunification plan has been presented to him and the pressure is continuing and increasing, said the vice-rector: “It would not be so difficult to bring them to Austria.”
In the first year in office, the Greens “accomplished a lot” in protecting the environment and climate, modernizing the economy, safeguarding jobs and massive increases in the judicial budget and foreign disaster fund, according to Kogler. You have to see that there is a difference between “I do something or I invest billions in climate protection,” says Kogler, “I don’t want to leave that.”
“It’s a tragedy and I’m not in line to apologize for it”
With the corona numbers and especially the dead, especially in nursing homes, Kogler spoke of human catastrophes: “It is always a tragedy when people die.” This problem in homes has been found in all European countries and there are some things that could be improved, said the vice-rector. But he also warned: We must be careful that “people in health centers do not die of social death.”
But Kogler also surprised the Austrian population with an apology from the crown: “It is a tragedy and I do not have to apologize for it.” The vice-rector saw his political highlights in the climate protection measures, where “very, very large offensives could be deployed.” And what was the negative of the policy of the government and the government partner ÖVP? “Lassma left, time’s up,” says Kogler.
