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Former federal councilor Christoph Blocher has waived part of the pension he retroactively requested. The “Blick” reported Wednesday night.
Blocher has been entitled to a pension of 2.77 million francs from his time as federal councilor. In fact, he resigned from this after being removed from office, and now demanded it in July 2020.
No judicial process
This caused a lot of discussion. It finally became clear: Blocher is entitled to the pension despite the original resignation. The Federal Council approves the payment. President Peter Hegglin’s finance delegation speaks out against retroactive payments and calls for clearer rules.
After the objection, the Federal Council decides in October: It decides that the subsequent payment of pensions to magistrates should be limited to five years. Blocher will receive only 1.1 million instead of the required 2.77 million francs.
Although the former Federal Council is convinced that he is legally entitled to a full pension, the SVP politician has now decided not to go to court. He is satisfied with the pension of about 1.1 million francs and gives up the remaining 1.6 million, as he says.
