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SVP politician Erich Hess recommended that small groups that apply at Christmas be undermined by founding a church. The police consider this to be “inappropriate”. Twitter also responded.
Erich Hess acts as a preacher and asks his followers to undermine the crown measures of the Federal Council.
Twitter screenshot
Just weird and negligent or already abusive? Bern’s National Councilor Erich Hess does not want to accept the Federal Council’s crown measures. In a video posted on Twitter, he says as a parish priest that these measures should be revoked. “No to the latest crown restrictions!” He writes on the short message service. With his “instructions to avoid group size” it is possible to “traditionally celebrate the festive season with the whole family and with all friends.”
“Celebrating together in honor of the Lord”
Hess asks people who want to meet in large numbers to “briefly found a religious community.” This makes it possible to “meet legally in larger groups.” So that the whole world understands what Hess means, he has linked the model statutes of the Church of Liberty “the Christian care of friendship.” The purpose of this church is described in article 2: “The purpose of the association is the Christian cultivation of friendship in devotion to God.”
What it is really about is clear from the tasks that the association wants to carry out: a) Cultivate friendship. b) Being together in a cultured environment. c) Celebrate together in honor of the Lord. d) Physical well-being (food and drink) should not be neglected.
The governing council allows church services
On Friday, the governing council of the canton of Bern announced that it had the firm intention of allowing the reopening of cultural and sports institutions from December 14, analogous to federal regulations, and allowing up to 50 people to attend services. religious at the same time. The governing council wants to give the population a perspective regarding the festive season.
Hess criticism
The SVP National Council’s approach is sometimes harshly criticized on social media. One commenter asks if the SVP doesn’t always uphold law and order. And another writes succinctly: “Killing your own customers is bad for business.” Some express doubts about whether Hess’s approach is even permissible. In fact: the question arises whether such a call is not an abuse of the law.
The police consider the action to be “inappropriate”
The cantonal police took note of Hess’s video, as it was requested from the media office. Clarifications are being made. “In view of the prevailing situation, we believe that, in any case, it is inappropriate to request an impermissible circumvention of Covid-19 orders,” the statement said. If the police make the corresponding findings during the operations, “we will report them to the judiciary.”
Hess reacted on Saturday and announced on Facebook that there had been “misunderstandings” surrounding the video. I just wanted to show how absurd the Federal Council regulations are.
Tweet has been removed
Over the course of the afternoon, the tweet was deleted by Hess, by the short message service itself. Twitter stated without giving a reason that Hess’s tweet violated Twitter rules. The video was later removed from the platform. Several people complained and the epidemiologist Marcel Salathé was also astonished. Apparently he had wanted to take a closer look at Hess’s plans.
Health Minister Alain Berset took note of people trying to circumvent the crown’s measures with tricks in front of the media in Bern on Friday. “From the moment you start playing with the measures, we will no longer be able to cope with the situation,” the Federal Council said. When people make fun of the rules, everyone is at risk. “What comes next? I really don’t know anymore.”
