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The Raten restaurant in Oberägeri ZG, a popular excursion restaurant. It is closed, because the Corona regulation has been violated several times. A sign indicates that it will not reopen until December 12.
In the entrance area behind him, slogans flash across the screen: Crown Madness. This is a huge disaster! He finally awakens and ends the madness of the crown. NOW! MASK AWAY! “Next to it is a handwritten board with the slogan ‘We love people without a mask.’ A conference poster by Swiss peace researcher and 9/11 skeptic Daniele Ganser also hangs prominently in the place.
Restaurant tenant Iwan Iten had to close his business for seven days. How is that? “At an ‘Unheard’ movie screening there were 50 people in the restaurant who weren’t wearing masks,” he tells BLICK. A documentary by the former host of “Arena” Reto Brennwald (57), in which the skeptics of the crown especially have a voice, including the comedian Marco Rima, who also lives in Oberägeri. Then the Zug police arrived. But restaurants can close for a maximum of 36 hours, not seven days.
“We serve the guests for two weeks without masks”
The police suggested to the governing council that operations should be shut down for a week as a result of the unmasked performance. Because: “There were repeated violations at the Raten restaurant that violate current Covid-19 regulations to protect the population from infection and fight the epidemic, in particular by wearing a mask,” says government councilor Beat Villiger, director of security of the canton of Zug.
Iwan Iten appeared in public at a crown show at Lachen SZ in November. There he explained an earlier restaurant closure in October: “We serve guests for two weeks without masks. Then the police came and closed our store. “
The owner wants to know if he has to lay off employees
He explains the rebellion: “Since the demand for the mask on October 5, everything has been canceled in my restaurant: Christmas dinner, banquets, business dinners, everything is over,” says the tenant. “I am an entrepreneur, I need to know if the government will support us financially. Otherwise, I have to rearrange my concepts. I need to know if I have to lay off employees. “
He was disappointed that there was no dialogue about possible additional financial support. The man who appeared at the corona demonstration considers that the measures to combat the corona virus are disproportionate. But at least he acknowledges the existence of the virus. “The virus will surely be there, but it is no more dangerous than other viruses,” he says.
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The posters get stuck
But Iten also represents views that are spreading like an epidemic among lateral thinkers. He states: “The virus is not the problem, it is about the vaccination.” And then the entrepreneur deviates from a theoretically misguided conspiracy: there are too many people living in the world, vaccination is about population reduction, and it touches on other highly dangerous theses.
For the owner of the restaurant it is clear: “The posters will jam!” So the words “huge garbage” and “crown madness” will continue to shine in the Raten restaurant. So far there have been positive and disappointing reactions. Iwan Iten said about the reopening: “We open again, as before. Just with a mask. All.”
The police will control
However, if you decide to violate the conditions at the Raten restaurant again, you can close it again, even more than seven days. Because: “There is no legal maximum period,” warns Government Advisor Beat Villiger.
However, the governing council is interested in the companies affected being able to reopen quickly, if they adhere to the rules and implement them. The Zug canton security director also made it clear to Raten restaurant: “The Zug police will carry out the necessary checks.”