Valais cantonal court may rule on ex-police spokesman Bornet's dismissal
The Valais Cantonal Court will be able to rule on the dismissal of the police's communications director, Jean-Marie Bornet. The Federal Supreme Court has rejected a motion for recusal filed by Bornet against the judges of the Cantonal Court.
Jean-Marie Bornet had demanded that the judges of the cantonal court be recused. This appeal was rejected by the public law division of the Valais cantonal court on May 31. Bornet had challenged the decision before the Federal Supreme Court. However, the court deemed the appeal to be unfounded and rejected it, as can be seen from the ruling published on Friday.
The Federal Supreme Court did not rule on the contested dismissal of Bornet, as it was not the subject of the appeal. However, following this ruling, the Valais cantonal court will be able to decide on the dismissal. The Valais government dismissed the former head of communications of the Valais cantonal police at the end of April.
The government justified the move with statements made by Bornet in the run-up to the Valais government elections in March. The police spokesman had run unsuccessfully for a seat in the cantonal government for the newly founded "Valais Citizens' Association". Some of the statements criticized by the government concerned the Valais justice system, others the Via Sicura road safety programme. (SDA)
