YEARS ... NOT MERELY AN OFFICIAL OF THE COMMITTEE BUT ALSO A FULL-TIME LECTURER, AND THUS THE RECIPIENT OF A NORMAL SALARY, IN A BELGIAN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION ".
4 FURTHERMORE, IN THREE MEMORANDA DATED 28 MAY, 24 JUNE AND 21 AUGUST 1985, MR V . D . G . ACCUSED MR D . M . OF FAILING TO REPAY A BUILDING LOAN GRANTED TO HIM BY THE COMMUNITIES AFTER SELLING THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION, WHICH IS CONTRARY TO THE RULES GOVERNING SUCH LOANS . THOSE MEMORANDA WERE ADDRESSED PERSONALLY TO MR D . M ., AND COPIES OF THOSE OF 24 JUNE AND 21 AUGUST 1985 WERE SENT TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE COMMITTEE . A COPY OF THE MEMORANDUM OF 24 JUNE 1985 WAS ALSO SENT TO AN OFFICIAL OF THE UNION SYNDICALE .
5 AFTER ASKING THE ADMINISTRATION SEVERAL TIMES TO PUT A STOP TO AND DENY THOSE ACCUSATIONS, ON 2 DECEMBER 1985 MR D . M . SUBMITTED A COMPLAINT UNDER ARTICLE 90*(2 ) OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS IN WHICH HE CLAIMED ESSENTIALLY THAT AS SOON "AS THE OPEN LETTER WAS DISTRIBUTED, THE ADMINISTRATION OUGHT TO HAVE INDICATED THAT SUCH CONDUCT WAS UNACCEPTABLE AND DENIED THE ACCUSATIONS MADE THEREIN AGAINST THE COMPLAINANT, THEREBY PUBLICLY RESTORING HIS HONOUR AND DIGNITY ". WITH REGARD TO THE MEMORANDA ADDRESSED TO HIM PERSONALLY CONCERNING THE BUILDING LOAN, MR D . M . STATES IN HIS COMPLAINT THAT THE ADMINISTRATION SHOULD "AFTER FINDING THAT THE FILE WAS IN ORDER, HAVE DENIED THE ACCUSATIONS MADE AGAINST THE COMPLAINANT AND TAKEN THE NECESSARY STEPS AGAINST HIS ACCUSER IN ORDER TO PUT AN END TO THE SMEAR CAMPAIGN ".
6 ON 15 JANUARY 1986, THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMMITTEE ADOPTED A DISCIPLINARY MEASURE IN THE FORM OF A WRITTEN WARNING TO MR V . D . G . ON THE GROUND THAT HE HAD PUBLISHED "INFORMATION IN A FORM WHICH MUST BE REGARDED AS A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH HIS OBLIGATIONS ".
7 IN A LETTER OF 21 JANUARY 1986 ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE COMMITTEE, MR D . M . STATED THAT "THE PURPOSE OF THE COMPLAINT ... WAS NOT THE DISCIPLINARY MEASURES CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE BY THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY BUT EXCLUSIVELY THE PUBLIC RESTORATION OF MR D . M .' S HONOUR AND DIGNITY ". HE CONFIRMED THAT POSITION IN A LETTER OF 28 JANUARY 1986 ADDRESSED TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE .
8 ON 29 JANUARY 1986, THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE INFORMED MR D . M . THAT "THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY OF THIS INSTITUTION, NAMELY THE CHAIRMAN, HAS ADOPTED THE MEASURES APPROPRIATE TO RE-ESTABLISH MR D . M .' S PROBITY ". THAT SAME DAY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ISSUED TO THE STAFF A "STAFF NOTICE" IN WHICH, AFTER POINTING OUT IN GENERAL TERMS THAT IT WAS UNACCEPTABLE THAT PERSONAL DIFFERENCES SHOULD BE THE SUBJECT OF A DOCUMENT DISTRIBUTED TO THE ENTIRE STAFF, HE STATED THAT "IN REGARD TO THE OPEN LETTER COUCHED IN UNFORTUNATE TERMS