Stuttgart (dpa / lsw) - Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann must appear on Monday (from around 2 p.m.) as a witness in the committee of inquiry into the so-called police affair. After two interviews with Interior Minister Thomas Strobl (CDU), the Green Prime Minister must now answer questions about various events. The committee deals with sexual harassment in state agencies, promotion practices in the police force and Strobl's passing on of a letter from a lawyer.
According to investigations, a police inspector who has since been suspended is said to have sexually molested a police officer in Stuttgart almost a year ago. The public prosecutor's office in Stuttgart recently brought charges of sexual assault. Strobl had passed on a letter from the inspector's lawyer to a journalist - and was therefore also under pressure. However, the investigations against Strobl will be discontinued against payment of a fine of 15,000 euros.
Kretschmann is unlikely to walk into the committee in a good mood. From his point of view, the opposition in the Causa Strobl is overshooting the mark. Kretschmann had said just a few days ago that she "rather inflated" the transfer of the lawyer's letter.
Before the Prime Minister is questioned on Monday, the journalist who works for the "Stuttgarter Nachrichten" will also be questioned in the committee. The authority had investigated him on suspicion of prohibited communications about court hearings. The investigation against the journalist was also dropped.
