Olischar/Mahdalik: illegal red-green Mess cost Vienna taxpayers millions

Red-Green unlawful to proceed with the amendment to the Vienna electricity industry wants to legalize the law retroactively – the ÖVP and the FPÖ are to agree to acting purely wash

Vienna (OTS) – „Because of a bumbling, illegal misconduct, the red-green city government, Payment of arrears amounting to millions and threatens the city. Now want Red-legalize Green the Bungling later on. This is absolutely unacceptable,“ FPÖ-club Chairman Toni Mahdalik and ÖVP club Chairman Elisabeth Olischar in the face of today’s residential construction Committee, in the Red-and-Green, an amendment of the Vienna electricity industry law on the agenda. Red-Green has for many years paid illegal little network fees. To cover up this illegal action retroactively, and do not need to million in fees to pay, would like to Red-Green misconduct with an amendment to the Viennese electricity industry act to legalize. „We will not agree to this attempt at a retroactive whitewashing“, the ÖVP and the FPÖ Vienna unison.

The background to this amendment a currently-running procedure between the Wiener Netze GmbH and E-Control is, because Vienna by invalid Merge of pods for years, to little network has paid fees. This approach could well lead to a burden for Vienna taxpayers in the millions. „While transport companies from other Austrian cities to the statutory requirements, Vienna has acted for years against the law and wants to escape now, due to unclean Tactics. We reject the Red-Green must stand for the self-inflicted Mess straight and take responsibility,“ says Elisabeth Olischar: „The people of Vienna the right to know how responsible and carefree, the red-green city government deals with your tax money.“

„We will not be voting for this unconstitutional execution of law,“ says Toni Mahdalik. The current amendment provides that it is retroactive for 2012, summarize points of delivery – this is contrary to the principle of law that allows it, it is only since 2018, counting heads. The execution of the law must not be contrary to the principle of the law of the Federal government.

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Michael Ulrich
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