The control committees (CC) of Parliament have listened to on Monday Federal Prosecutor Michael Lauber . The Hearing began at 11.50 am.
in Front of Lauber gave Hanspeter Uster of GCC information. He is the head of the Supervisory authority of the Federal advocacy (AB-BA). Type the members of Parliament between 10.10 PM and 11.50 PM Red and-answer. He had said what he wanted to say, said type after that.
The Supervisory authority of the Federal Prosecutor’s office had opened on Friday, a disciplinary investigation against Lauber. On the same day it became known that Lauber the case of the business audit commissions Supervisory input against the submitted BA.
in Front of the media Lauber criticized on Friday the Supervisory authority violently. The investigation he referred to as a frontal attack against his Person, and as “interference in the independence of the office of the attorney General”. It was a “conjured up an institutional crisis”.
Meeting logs
Under pressure from the Federal Prosecutor’s Meeting because informal with Fifa chief Gianni Infantino. Such Meetings are not prohibited, but you would have logged in the files documented. In the room is the suspicion of violation of official Secrecy, because uninvolved third parties took part.
To the Supervisory authority Lauber had only two Meetings in the year 2016. Later, he admitted that there had been in 2017, a third Meeting. He claimed to remember this. In the process, Lauber remained on Friday. He said, to tell the truth and to conceal nothing.
criticism of speculation
The Federal Prosecutor showed understanding of the fact that this memory gap is difficult to understand and leave room for speculation. He criticised the fact but speculation. Even the appearance that he is lying, is advocacy a threat to the credibility of the Federal government.
He was going to advocacy for the protection of the Federal government, its procedures and his own Person with the means at his disposal to fight back, said Lauber. At the same time, he reaffirmed his candidacy for the third term.
re-election at risk
Which is again provided a choice for the summer session of the Federal Parliament. On Tuesday, the court advises the Commission of the Parliament, whether to recommend to the Federal Prosecutor for re-election. You will take into account the evaluation of the GPK. The choice could also be on the autumn session postponed. Decisions, the Commission has announced for Wednesday.
At the weekend, media reported, it should also come in other procedures of the office of the attorney General to informal Meetings. The investigations in connection with football had taken the office of the attorney General on a display of the Fifa in November 2014. In the meantime, the complex is to grow to around 25 procedures. (nag/sda)
Created: 13.05.2019, 15:26 PM
