State councils report after threat – because of Corona
The threat from corona deniers is increasing: The Valais State Councilor Mathias Reynard is threatened with death, his Geneva counterpart Mauro Poggia has been insulted as a dictator. The reason: You spoke out in favor of the Covid-19 law. Both report the nun.
The Valais State Councilor Mathias Reynard (SP) has been threatened with death and his Geneva counterpart Mauro Poggia (MCT – Mouvement Citoyens Genèvois) has been insulted as a dictator after defending the Covid-19 law on French-speaking Swiss television RTS. Both meanwhile ad. “Death threats have no place in our country,” said Reynard on Sunday opposite the French-speaking Swiss television RTS. “I received death threats just because I gave the hospital’s comprehensive figures. This is completely insane, ”adds.
At the request of the Keystone-SDA news agency, the public prosecutor of the canton of Valais confirmed on Monday that such a complaint had been submitted without giving further details.
In Geneva, Mauro Poggia has responded criminally against RTS as soon as a picture of him, which shows him “as a dictator from the last war”, was posted on social networks. The State Council added that the author had been identified and questioned by the police. He apologized.
Regular hate messages
Stéphane Theimer, head of the federal security service at the Federal Office of Police (fedpol), notes that “political decisions have to be made on the number of insults and threats”.
Although Reynard and Poggia in French-speaking Switzerland are the only cantonal health directors who have submitted one, according to information from Keystone-SDA, their counterparts in French-speaking Switzerland regularly receive messages of hatred relating to their stance on corona measures.
“The crisis we are in has led to a sharper tone in the letters and comments to the members of the Council of State, especially in the social networks,” says Cathy Gornik, who is responsible for media work in the Vaudois Department of Health and Social Affairs (DSAS). Some threatening letters were also sent to Rebecca Ruiz (SP), DSAS boss and health director.
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