Director of Ticino Radio and Television announces resignation

Remigio Ratti will step down as Director of Radio and Television of Italian-speaking Switzerland (RTSI) at the end of 2006. Ratti made the announcement on Saturday after a meeting of the RTSI Regional Council. The RTSI Director will then reach retirement age. Ratti took up the post at the beginning of 2000. Ratti is President of Swiss Solidarity and was a National Councillor for the CVP until 1999. He had run for a seat on the Federal Council, but was eliminated in the run-off against Joseph Deiss. The Regional Council will discuss Ratti's successor on March 25.