Board members angry! – ORF “Sin Register”: etiquette letter to Westenthaler

There has been a lot of silent dissatisfaction for weeks about the public statements of the blue ORF commissioner Peter Westenthaler from foundation board circles. As you know, he always causes a lot of excitement with his pithy statements. The humiliation of workers from the perspective of all other party and union representatives in the state radio control body was apparently the last straw.

“Abuse as a platform for election campaigns”
As is also said, “the continued abuse of the election campaign platform of the FPÖ” (i.e. the party that always criticizes political influence on the board of directors) has become intolerable. As a result, Westenthaler now received mail from 30 of his colleagues in the 35-member committee from all the so-called circles of friends and also from the entire employee representatives. In the etiquette letter with the subject ‘Duties as ORF Board of Trustees’, the signatories take the FPÖ representative seriously.

The “sin register” records his misdeeds, such as against an employee – number 2 on the fee list by the way – such as the statement “I am so exhausted, I need the money, I need to enjoy my luxury”. The letter also clearly calls on the blue board of directors to stop their behavior that is harmful to the company and to inform themselves about their legal obligations as a board of directors.

At the end it literally says: “We distance ourselves from these public statements that harm the interests of the company and humiliate ORF employees.”