Last but not least: Giezendanner's relentless fight against the SRG

Not everyone is happy that the current TV editor-in-chief Ueli Haldimann is to become the interim successor to television director Ingrid Deltenre. There were numerous bilateral meetings on the fringes of the session in Bern, and according to a report in the Sonntagszeitung, around 15 people are to meet in Rothrist on Tuesday. The initiator is none other than SVP National Councillor Ulrich Giezendanner. He is said to have confirmed the "coordination meeting", but does not yet want to say who is part of the group and who will play what role. So it's a real secret society. And be careful, he seems to be serious: "The fight against the SRG is on", he is quoted as saying in the Sonntagszeitung. He wants to gather other politicians and private broadcasters around him and trigger an avalanche against the SRG. At least Mr. Giezendanner seems to be aware that he and his resistance fighters will hardly be able to prevent Haldimann's election as interim director of SF. His modest goal: to bring more civic-minded people onto the SRG committees and prevent Haldimann's definitive election...