There have been new allegations against the Federal Ministry of Defense in the case of the awarding of contracts to external consulting firms. As the "Welt" reports, data from the mobile phone of the former Minister Ursula von der Leyen (CDU) should have been deleted in August, the members of the committee of inquiry should have been informed in a confidential meeting.
The Parliament had previously requested that the cell phone be classified as evidence. The accusation of unauthorized destruction of files is now in the room. "Evidence was destroyed here," said the Greens' security spokesman, Tobias Lindner. The FDP MP Alexander Müller spoke of an "annoying delay tactic".
First of all, the Ministry said it was looking for a cell phone. It was later announced that it was still blocked by a PIN. Now the government has admitted that it was "flattened in August". Left-wing MP Matthias Höhn accused the Ministry of Defense of deliberately torpedoing the educational work.
Von der Leyen was replaced in July by Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (CDU) as Minister of Defense, because she was to move to Brussels as EU Commissioner. Under her leadership, the ministry had placed orders with external consultancies that a Bundestag committee of inquiry has been dealing with for months. It is about allegations from incorrect order placement to nepotism. The results of the study are to be presented in the coming year before the summer break begins.