2024-07-16 12:07:53
Elena Haslinger, president of the Austrian Prosecutors Association, believes that the recommendations of the commission for the judiciary, headed by corruption expert Martin Kreutner, meet her own long-standing demands. This applies, for example, to independent top management, as documented in the report on the establishment of an independent and non-directive Federal Prosecutor’s Office. “We can only support this,” Haslinger told APA.
Haslinger was skeptical of the committee’s suggestion that prosecutors make public statements to distance themselves from politics and the media. This is an important point, but it is already included in the prosecutor’s code of professional conduct. “This may have been overlooked in the committee’s study.”
The proposed changes in prosecutors’ reporting obligations must be studied in detail. “A lot depends on the specific design of the new top management going forward,” Haslinger said.
A commission of inquiry set up following the recordings of the late Judiciary Section chief Christian Pilnacek came to light made recommendations on Monday, including the creation of an independent prosecutor’s office and “the elimination and strengthening of prosecutors responsible for economic and corruption issues during his tenure.” official’s office”. It also eliminates “federal bottlenecks” exemplified by the Chief Prosecutor’s Office in Vienna and limits prosecutors’ powers to two cases, while increasing judicial control and reducing reporting.
The actual committee report has been sent to the Ministry of Justice and will only be released following media and data protection scrutiny.
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