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The SVP Federal Council publishes a joint report that it has submitted to the state government. The document proves that Maurer initially advocated a slow opening.
Ueli Maurer, here in a photo from December 14, 2020, finds that he deviated from the line of the “built” SVP.
Photo: Anthony Anex (Keystone)
Even experienced Bundeshaus connoisseurs cannot recall such a communication offensive: the media office of Federal Councilor SVP Ueli Maurer has published the contents of an application that Maurer had submitted for the Federal Council meeting on February 24. .
Said co-reports are classified as confidential and are subject to official secrecy. As recently as Tuesday night, Maurer’s department had said in response to this newspaper’s request: “As a matter of principle, we do not comment on confidential documents.”
Maurer’s media office responded with their ace “Clarification” Designated publication based on research published by this newspaper on March 2 (read the article here). The article made public that on February 5, Maurer had presented his own plan to get out of lockdown to the other federal councilors.
In this plan, which was not previously known, Maurer suggested a rather slow pace to lift the crown measurements. Under Maurer’s plan, restaurants shouldn’t fully open until April 19. This late opening contrasts with the demands of a turbo opening, as they are now making her a senior vice president at Maurer.
Mason denies Martullo
SVP Vice President Magdalena Martullo-Blocher claimed that this newspaper’s article was wrong on Wednesday morning. Watch TV. Maurer didn’t want to open the restaurants until mid-April. “He always wanted to open earlier,” Martullo said. Martullo described the article in this newspaper as a “leftist campaign.”
Picante: Only shortly after this statement, Ueli Maurer himself confirmed the key parameters of the article in his alleged clarification and thus denied the statement made by his own vice president.
In the so-called clarification, however, Maurer emphasizes that his original February 5 opening plan was “just an initial possible opening scenario due to the current situation.” This plan was then “overtaken by positive events.” Two and a half weeks later, on February 24, he had asked the Federal Council in the aforementioned joint report that the stripping be fully open by March 22. Thus, a discrepancy was “constructed” in his party’s position, according to Maurer.
Controversial reactions
However, this newspaper had already mentioned Maurer’s February 24 report and noted that Maurer requested that restaurants open faster than in his original plan.
Maurer’s communication offensive caused a stir in the Bundestag building. The leader of the SVP parliamentary group, Thomas Aeschi, accused this newspaper on Twitter of spreading “false news” and asked for an apology from “us Ueli”. However, Aeschi did not specify which elements of the article should have been incorrect.
Michael Sorg, Co-Secretary General of the SP Switzerland, assessed the incident differently. He also wrote on Twitter: “Now the federal councilors of the SVP are already sending out press releases with their minority positions. The principle of collegiality in the Federal Council is just an empty shell. “
