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St. Gallen FDP candidate for city council and city council, Mathias Gabathuler, used addresses from alumni without their consent for his election campaign. Gabathuler is the rector of the school in the canton of Brühl. The FDP office takes responsibility for this.
Not all recipients were delighted when an announcement of the elections of the FDP president and city candidate Mathias Gabathuler appeared in the mailbox at the end of May.
Former students of the canton school am Brühl, residing in St. Gallen, received unexpected mail and, for at least three students, unsolicited mail at the end of May this year. The sender was the candidate of the City Council and presidium of the FDP and rector of the school of the canton Mathias Gabathuler. Picante: The letters were not sent in the name of the canton school, but by Gabathuler in his role as a candidate for the FDP.
“The competition is fierce and the electoral campaign is intense. Can I count on your active support? ”Says the letter. As “Saiten” magazine writes, both a pay stub and a membership form for Gabathuler’s support committee were attached to the letter. For example, on the form, alumni could have checked whether they would consent to their name being mentioned in connection with their campaign.
The FDP office takes the bug on its cap
Not all former students like spam. “Three people have informed us in the office,” confirms Christoph Graf, Managing Director of the FDP St. Gallen, upon request. They acknowledged the mistake and apologized to the people who were upset about the letter.
The error occurred at the party secretariat, Graf continues. “We received a list from the nonpartisan committee and assumed we could continue to use the addresses.” The committee had copied this list from a “paper brochure.” Keep saying:
“It is my responsibility that we have not verified this.”
Graf claims that Mathias Gabathuler did not participate. “In an election campaign, the candidate really has nothing to do with operational business.”
“We have apologized”
Although the error occurred in the FDP party secretariat, Gabathuler admits in an interview with Saiten the inadmissible use of the data, but emphasizes that “it was not an active initiative” on his part.
“In an electoral campaign, a lot happens through the office. I can’t take care of all the details. There were two responses, then we apologize, “he quotes Gabathuler in” Saiten. “
