In the FPÖ financial affair
Public prosecutor wants Deutschmann extradited
In the FPÖ financial affair, the public prosecutor's office in Klagenfurt has submitted a request for extradition to the presidium of the Styrian parliament. The person concerned is Gerald Deutschmann, President of the Styrian Parliament, who is accused of inciting a civil servant to violate official secrecy. The KPÖ, Neos and Greens will certainly agree.
In the wake of the FPÖ financial affair in Graz, the public prosecutor's office in Klagenfurt has once again submitted an extradition request against a blue politician: this time the judicial request concerns the president of the provincial parliament, Gerald Deutschmann.
Based on a statement of facts from the Graz Municipal Council Club KFG dated December 11, 2024, Deutschmann is suspected of having incited a Styrian state official, then still an FPÖ employee, to violate official secrecy. It concerns queries in the Central Register of Residents with personal data that should have benefited FPÖ officials.
Suspension necessary for further investigations
As there is initial suspicion, the public prosecutor's office is now asking the Styrian parliament to lift Deutschmann's immunity to allow further investigations. In any case, the Neos will agree to the request. Klubobobmann Niko Swatek: "Deutschmann's immunity must not stand in the way of a complete investigation. A president of the state parliament in particular must set a good example and not obstruct the work of the judiciary."
Green Party leader Sandra Krautwaschl also spoke out: "We will of course agree to the extradition. We also assume that the ÖVP - as was the case recently with Mario Kunasek - will also agree to the public prosecutor's request and that Deutschmann will not make the wall." The KPÖ will also agree, according to party leader Claudia Klimt-Weithaler - and expects the FPÖ itself to do the same.
Pascuttini: "A veritable judicial scandal"
KFG Club Chairman Alexis Pascuttini again sharply criticizes the public prosecutor's office in Klagenfurt. They had not investigated for two years, although a witness had already testified to the entire facts of the case during his interrogation in 2022. It was only after Pascuttini and a lawyer put the facts on paper again in December 2024 that an investigation was initiated. "A veritable judicial scandal is breaking out."
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