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Showdown for US Attorney Michael Lauber – Commission decides now
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Today, the judicial commission is again dealing with the Michael Lauber case. The question is whether the federal prosecutor’s evidence of misconduct is sufficient to initiate a impeachment process.
The Commission will announce its decision at 6.30 p.m. Here lives
If impeachment proceedings are initiated, Lauber will be invited to the hearing, said President of the Court Commission, FDP Council of States, Andrea Caroni (AR), to the SRF broadcast “This Morning”. The next meeting of the judicial commission is scheduled for May 20. “We have already indicated to the federal prosecutor that he will only be heard there,” Caroni said.
About two weeks ago, the Bern BDP national councilor, Lorenz Hess, filed a request for impeachment against the Federal Prosecutor Lauber before the judicial commission. Bern SP’s national council Matthias Aebischer had earlier told the German-speaking radio station SRF that he would request the impeachment proceedings.
The background to the matter is made up of confidential meetings between the federal lawyer and Gianni Infantino, president of the world soccer association Fifa. These were not recorded. Due to significant breaches of duty, the supervisory authority decided through the Federal Prosecutor’s Office (AB-BA) in a disciplinary procedure to reduce the federal prosecutor’s wages by eight percent for one year.
Lauber filed a complaint with the Federal Administrative Court against the decision of the supervisory authority. Caroni would now like to leave the decision of whether Lauber is guilty of breach of duty in court. “If the judicial commission did that in parallel, it would be tracked down,” he said in an interview with SRF.
You might even get conflicting results. That is why it is at least as fast and at least as good if the evidence is delegated to the Federal Administrative Court in St. Gallen. Furthermore, impeachment “is not a political decision.” A federal prosecutor should not simply be removed under political pressure, Caroni said. (aeg / sda)
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