The Ibiza affair has taken care of 2019 in Austria for a political scandal. Now, an accused person has rejected Ex-FPÖ-leader Heinz-Christian Strache allegations.

In may 2019, a Video effect, in the Ex-FPÖ-Chef Heinz-Christian Strache prone to corruption, the politician’s downfall. His Post, the 50-Year-old had to leave because of the shooting, which resulted in as Ibiza-affair for headlines, already. Now he dismissed allegations of the post close schachers in a Committee of inquiry.

Vienna – The former FPÖ leader Heinz-Christian Strache has rejected the charge of party political post close schachers during the reign of the ÖVP and the FPÖ in Austria. In front of the Ibiza-the investigation Committee the 50-Year-old stated on Thursday that he had only suggested suitable candidates, for example, for Posts in the Supervisory boards. The names had been collected by the government coordinators Gernot Blümel (ÖVP) and Norbert Hofer (FPÖ) and a rating. He had also ” never cash benefits from anyone accepted “. Laws, you could not buy with money, he stressed.

Ibiza affair: Strache raised in the Video seems corrupt to be

Ibiza-the investigative Committee is currently, the question of whether the right-wing conservative government in Austria was between December 2017 and may 2019 for sale. Triggered the investigations and searches by the Ibiza-the Video , on the Strache prone to corruption acts . In addition, the Ex-Vice-Chancellor speaks in the recordings about the alleged donation to a political party on the court of auditors in the past.

Multiple post appointments appeared after the publication of the Videos in may of last year, and the following investigation in another light . For the FPÖ, the Video had serious consequences At the next election, the conservative party collapsed to 16 percent.

+ Heinz-Christian Strache, former FPÖ party Chairman and Vice Chancellor of Austria, leaves the room after his survey in the context of the Ibiza-Committee of inquiry.©dpa / Helmut Fohringer

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Also of interest: In Austria, with photos of the oligarchs-niece, who was involved in the Ibiza affair.