The former Freiburg State Councilor Georges Godel published the book “Secrets et confidences d’un président” with a journalist, where he published spicy information from his tenure.
The book affair has a legal aftermath. The Attorney General’s Office issued a penalty order against him for breach of official secrecy.
The book contains a collection of 44 interviews Godel had with the journalist between 2018 and 2021. Godel revealed numerous details from his everyday life as finance director.
The public prosecutor’s office has now ruled that Godel had repeatedly committed an offense for violating official secrecy. He was sentenced to a conditional fine of 90 daily rates of CHF 300 each and a fine of CHF 2,500. The journalist Jean-Marc Angéloz also received a penalty order. In a message, Godel writes that he accepts the punishment: “The aim of the book was to make the work of a state council accessible. I have assumed in good faith that this approach is consistent with official secrecy,” he writes.
Godel was a member of the canton government from 2007 to 2021.
Regional journal Bern Friborg Valais, March 24, 2023; mula/sda;velm
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