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Blocher’s flyers clutter the postal services
Tens of thousands of postcards against arms deliveries to Ukraine have been sent to parliamentarians. Sorting this mail costs more than 6,000 francs to taxpayers.
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The mail sent by Christoph Blocher’s organization required hours of sorting.
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Should Switzerland deliver directly or indirectly weapons to Ukraine? This is the question that politicians have been asking themselves for months. “Pro Schweiz”, the new organization of Christoph Blocher, defends a clearly negative position. To mark its position, the organization flooded the Federal Palace with tens of thousands of postcards in favor of neutrality during the spring session. The cards were addressed directly to the deputies.
Thousands of Parliamentarians received this letter during the session.
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The left of the Council was irritated by this action. After a few days, the services of the Parliament were overwhelmed by the sorting of this massive mailing and stopped the delivery of the cards, but put away the boxes of mail.
Four hours a day on average
The leader of the SVP parliamentary group Thomas Aeschi was moved by this way of proceeding. In an interpellation addressed to the Federal Council, he wanted to know if the stoppage of distribution was legal. The Zug national councilor referred to the obligation to deliver mail and suggested that the Post Office could help with sorting. What was done.
Asked about this, Karin Burkhalter, spokesperson for the Parliamentary Services, confirms that since March 29, two Post Office employees have been sorting the cards “every day for an average of four hours”. But the measure has a cost: around 6300 francs, excluding VAT, payable by the taxpayer.
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