Mörgele-Mengele affair: No repercussions for anyone
The Mörgele-Mengele affair seems to be fizzling out. Due to the leaks from the National Council commission, neither will the National Council members in question be reprimanded nor will criminal charges be filed against the journalists. The «10 vor 10» segment, which showed Mörgeli in front of the Buchenwald concentration camp, has been criticized by SRG Ombudsman Casanova and is thus also being shelved.
The so-called Mörgele-Mengele affair appears to be over. The National Councillors concerned will not be reprimanded for the indiscretions from the National Council committee, nor will any action be taken against journalists who reported the indiscretions. The Office of the National Council has decided not to file criminal charges against persons unknown and against a journalist from the newspaper Südostschweiz. The National Council office had wanted to discipline Christoph Mörgeli, Oskar Freysinger, Lieni Füglistaller, Jacques Neyrinck and Kathy Riklin because of the leaks from the Science Committee. However, the National Council rejected this. The office is now instructing the National Council's Political Affairs Committee to deal with the confidentiality of committee meetings as a matter of principle, as reported by SDA on Wednesday.
The waters are also calming at Swiss television. The "10 to 10" programme of 6 February 2008, which showed Mörgeli in connection with the Buchenwald concentration camp affair, was criticized by SRG ombudsman Achille Casanova, but there were no repercussions. He agreed with a TV viewer who said that the actions of the "10 to 10" editorial team contradicted the principle of reliability in the SF mission statement.
The report is now no longer accessible in the online archive. SF editor-in-chief Ueli Haldimann already apologized to the Buchenwald Memorial Foundation in February (see:
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