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The former head of the board of directors of the public service RBB was supposed to testify before the investigative committee.
The committee wants to draw conclusions because of his absence.
Potsdam - The state parliament's investigative committee into the crisis at Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) wants to have the resigned chairman of the board of directors, Wolf-Dieter Wolf, summoned with coercive measures.
“Unfortunately, I have to state that the witness Wolf-Dieter Wolf, who was invited here at 12.30 p.m. today, did not appear,” said committee chairwoman Petra Budke on Friday in Potsdam.
He did not appear despite being properly summoned.
The committee therefore decided to “apply for coercive measures to the court”.
Wolf had not yet testified before the investigative committee.
The public ARD broadcaster RBB was plunged into a deep crisis in the summer of 2022.
The former chief controller Wolf, like the ex-station director Patricia Schlesinger, who was dismissed without notice, is at the center of the allegations of nepotism and waste.
Both denied the allegations.
The Berlin Public Prosecutor's Office is investigating and the presumption of innocence applies until the case is legally binding.
The committee is supposed to find out exactly how the state of Brandenburg's legal supervision over the crisis-hit RBB took place and whether it was carried out properly.
The AfD had requested the committee.
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