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Next summer, the election of the new leadership will take place at ORF. The current CEO, Alexander Wrabetz, has lost a supporter. In a “joint media briefing” with NEOS, which he represented there, Hans Peter Haselsteiner announced his departure from the ORF Board of Trustees. On December 3, he will have his last session after seven years of membership, not in Küniglberg, but online. NEOS can now nominate a new board of directors.
“But I have found that the representatives of the various circles of friends are much more important than the success of the ORF for its own power and party political advantages. Unfortunately, this impression has grown stronger in recent months. importance of the foundation board as a strategic guiding principle. and the control committee is almost nil today, “the 76-year-old technician takes stock of the transmission. Especially in difficult times for the ORF and for an independent public service “opportunities are given away instead of finally opening prospects for the future in a completely new structure”.
New strategy
This finding is surprising, since the direction of the ORF is currently working on the “Strategy 2021-2025”, strongly motivated by a kind of presidium formed by foundation boards of various kinds. At the meeting, on Haselsteiner’s farewell day, this strategy is presented to the Board of Trustees for resolution. This should be the guideline for the 900 million company in developing the television network towards a digital platform provider. The prerequisite for this is that the ORF law has still been partially modified. Haselsteiner was never part of the strategy development. He had also resigned his membership on the Board of Trustees Finance Committee after a few months.
The native Tyrolean caused a stir in March. After the National Council election, he wanted to replace Norbert Steger as Chairman of the Board of Trustees. The industrialist had requested a change in the regulations of the highest body of the ORF, which does not provide for the election of the head of the foundation’s council. Haselsteiner was left completely alone on the 35-person board of directors with his approach, which some lawyers classified as illegal.
NEOS representation
NEOS President Beate Meinl-Reisinger thanked Haselsteiner for his years of commitment and the vehemence of “drilling hard boards” to the end. “Hans Peter Haselsteiner always dug his fingers into the right wounds in the interest of the ORF, but unfortunately there are many responsible this area is still completely pain free,” Meinl-Reisinger said.
Haselsteiner’s successor as representative of the pink parliamentary party will now be clarified in a timely manner, according to the broadcast. “When we are nominated for the federal government, we will continue to think only about the future of ORF and not ourselves,” said the head of NEOS. With the issues of financing, digitization and the offer to the young recipients, these challenges are on the table, “to which a constructively critical board must contribute something in any case”.
