Buttet resigns as President of the Valais Chamber of Tourism
Published: Tuesday, Jul 30th 2024, 20:40
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Yannick Buttet is stepping down as President of the Valais Chamber of Tourism, as announced on Tuesday evening. The former CVP National Councillor, whose appointment had sparked a controversy, realized that he no longer had the support of the board.
The Chamber of Tourism (WTK) elected Buttet as president at its general meeting on June 18 in Saas-Grund VS, despite two legally binding convictions, one for sexual harassment and one for coercion.
In his new role, he would indirectly be the boss of his victim, as the Sonntags-Blick newspaper had written. Criticism of the election came from his party, the Center Party (formerly CVP), among others. Christina Bachmann-Roth, President of Mitte Frauen Schweiz, told the newspaper that it was a scandal that Buttet had been given another prestigious job within the probation period and would indirectly become the boss of his victim.
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