not Even a year ago, Doris Leuthard, has submitted a Federal Council office. And it adopts the second controversial mandate in the Board of Directors. Apparently, there is a lack of Ex-Magistratin to the required degree of sensitivity.
In February, barely two months after her resignation, she decided for a seat on the Coop Board of Directors, and now you can for a mandate from the train manufacturer Stadler to win. While at Coop, especially the temporal proximity of the Federal Council resign irritated, it is now the close relation to Leuthards the former activity.
no one can seriously deny that the former transport knowledge Minister about the expertise and relationships that benefit the Rail industry, such as in the competition for jobs. Stadler Rail sold his cars, especially at public companies, including in Switzerland.
There is a mandatory waiting period of several years needs.
It is not the first Time that former Federal Council members in our decision to mandate the necessary feel to miss. The chief of the infrastructure Department of Environment seem to be particularly vulnerable, but also sought after. Leuthards predecessor Moritz Leuenberger took on a Board of Directors mandate the construction company Implenia and received some harsh criticism.
“Federal councillors should refrain from activity that conflicts of interest due to the former’s office can occur,”: Thus, code of Federal councillors is literally in the behavior. With reference to this code, the Council of States this September, turned against a legally imposed cooling-off period for former members of the Federal Council. The code give to this already rules of conduct, and you can safely leave it to the responsibility of the Concerned, what activity they are inheriting.
Leuthard proves that this argument is naive. There needs to be a mandatory waiting period of several years for mandates that have a proximity to the Federal Council’s activities. Otherwise the impression that individual members of the work in your office, to your Knowledge after the resignation as soon as possible, lucrative use is created.
Created: 21.11.2019, 13:05 PM
