The adviser affair in the Ministry of German defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen (CDU) will be the subject of a Commission of inquiry. With the votes of the Opposition the establishment of a panel was decided on Wednesday in the defence Committee of the Bundestag, as the Opposition announced. The representatives of the Grand coalition abstained.
The Committee of inquiry to investigate the question of how it came to the irregularities in the award of consultant contracts in the Ministry of defence. There million dollar contracts in circumvention of the procurement should have been awarded the right, even the accusation of nepotism is in the room.
The first meeting of the Committee is to be held on Wednesday noon. Two weeks ago the establishment of the body was failed on the resistance of the Grand coalition, the AfD had. The government factions of the establishment was not formulated the request sufficiently specific. FDP, Left and the greens accused the coalition of a Blockade. (AFP)
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