After ski pass affair: SGV cancels free rides for media representatives
The Lake Lucerne Navigation Company SGV is drawing conclusions from the ski pass affair in Arosa GR. In the future, it will no longer give away free annual tickets to editorial offices, the company announced on Friday.
(Image: Keystone/Christian Beutler)
The public prosecutor's office of the Grisons has brought charges against two people for allegedly granting advantages. The reason for this was that Arosa Bergbahnen had given ski passes free of charge to local politicians and members of the authorities. Such gifts could be an illegal attempt to exert influence.
In recent years, SGV had provided media outlets with free tickets for their employees. This "long-standing tradition" was carried out "independently of persons" to the editorial offices, says the letter, which the company sent to the recipients of the cards. The letter is available to the Keystone-SDA news agency.
SGV collects annual passes
The indictment by the Grisons public prosecutor's office calls this practice into question, the SGV explained. Even if media representatives were not public officials and authorities, it could not be ruled out that the handing out of free tickets was an unlawful act under the Criminal Code.
The SGV management and board of directors therefore pulled the emergency brake. They would no longer issue annual passes to members of the media and would reclaim the passes that had already been issued and were still valid. "In this way, we ensure that both sides do not run the risk of getting caught up in an unwanted criminal investigation." (SDA)
