The CSV continues to peg away at the “secret records” controversy.
The largest opposition party denounced the way the situation is being handled, especially the way details are only being revealed in small titbits and under considerable pressure. This has brought about a constitutional state emergency, according to the CSV, who announced in this morning’s (Wednesday 17 July) press conference that they had an obligation towards both citizens and the constitution.
The CSV demanded to have its queries answered, and with this in mind, deputies Lauren Mosar and Gilles Roth drafted a list of 50 questions that raised the most urgent issues.
They further requested an additional 10 people or institutions – such as the Public Prosecutor’s Office, or Professor Stefan Braum – be included in the parliamentary commission in order to ensure clarity on the matter.
What’s more, the Chamber should be more involved with the (potential) development of new data privacy laws from the onset. This particular incentive leads on from Alex Bodry’s emotional outburst in which he stated “We are the legislators, god damn it!” In this respect, the Chamber would actively contribute to ensuring better data protection.
Now vindicated, the party came under heavy fire at the time, and was criticised for being disrupting commercial interests, something that Mosar has not forgotten.
Finally, the CSV aimed a critique at the new gun laws. The party counted 26 formal rejections, through which the planned changes were shot down. The Government now had to establish a new text, which would fundamentally oppose the people’s basic rights.
