After a difficult career: former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (Sebastian Kurz) lost protection from corruption investigations.
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In order to clarify the corruption allegations as soon as possible, Sebastian Kurz has approved the parliament to lift its immunity. The prosecutor’s office is investigating the former prime minister for alleged infidelity.
DFormer Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz The protection against corruption investigations has been lost. Parliament unanimously lifted the 35-year-old conservative politician’s immunity on Thursday. Kurz and his ÖVP supported this move in order to quickly clarify the allegations.
The Office of the Prosecutor of Business and Corruption is investigating Kurz and some close political colleagues for alleged infidelity. It is said that his support for becoming the boss and prime minister of ÖVP was supported by investigations that were embellished and paid with taxpayer money.In addition, there are reports of Kurz’s misrepresentation in the Parliament’s Ibiza Commission of Inquiry, possible corruption and rights in the ÖVP environment. FPÖ Review. Kurz denied all allegations.
Steep and short career
On October 6, the Federal Chancellery, ÖVP headquarters and the Ministry of Finance conducted a house search. Kurz was initially reluctant to resign. The co-ruling Green Party and parliamentary opposition threatened a vote of no confidence, which prompted him to resign as head of government a few days later. He remains the chairman of ÖVP and entered the parliament as the leader of the parliamentary group.
Kurz’s previous career was steep. He became Minister of Foreign Affairs at the age of 27 and Prime Minister at the age of 31. After allegations of corruption against right-wing FPÖ’s coalition partners surfaced, his first term as head of government ended in 2019. In the process of dealing with the so-called Ibiza scandal, investigators also checked chat records from the ÖVP environment, which Kurz eventually deleted.
