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Author: Sebastian Jüngel The General Assembly of the Anthroposophical Society has rehabilitated on March 24th, 2018 Elizabeth Vreede and Ita Wegman – two of its founding council members. At the same time, the decision of dismissal from 1935 was cancelled. The General Assembly has made this decision for the rehabilitation of the two with great majority, three opposing votes and 17 abstentions. Before this, the life, activity and impulses for the Society of these decisive personalities were appreciated. Not confirmed in the same Assembly was the extension of the term for the two Council members Paul Mackay and Bodo von Plato. Seven years ago, the life terms of Council members of the General Anthroposophical Society have been replaced with seven-year terms. This year, the reconfirmation of Paul Mackay and Bodo von Plato was due – but the General Assembly in its majority did not go along: Paul Mackay received from 937 valid votes, 467 No votes, 408 Yes votes and 62 abstentions; Bodo v

Text by Roland Tüscher, translated by me The leadership and the general secretaries of the General Anthroposophical Society have advised for the revalidation of Paul Mackay and Bodo von Plato as members of the Coucil (Vorstand) and have communicated to the members the positive result of the deliberation. We learn nothing about the content of the discussions, about the fundaments of the result. (1) Communicating the result of the deliberation is linked to the proposal towards the members, from the Council, the leadership and general secretaries at the Goetheanum, “for a new term” of these two persons. It is inadequate, with an authoritarian tendency as well as arrogant, for the “most free Society in the world”, that the members are kept in dark regarding the essential motives, when the general secretaries completely hide the lack of unity regarding this continuation (2), when any justification is omitted, while the members are encouraged to have a certain voting behaviour. Thus we