According to the handmade in the Bundeshaus: Thomas Aeschi meets the policeman
SVP politician
According to the handmade in the Bundeshaus: Thomas Aeschi meets the police for the first time – this is how he reacts
There was a special encounter on the day of the Federal Council election: SVP parliamentary group leader Thomas Aeschi approached the police with whom he had had a dispute last summer.
Immunity remains: Thomas Aeschi, SVP parliamentary group leader.
Many Zugers gathered on the large staircase in the Bundeshaus on Wednesday morning. They are waiting for the big moment: soon the newly elected Federal Councilor Martin Pfister will come down the stairs. He will stop at the upper level for the traditional photo with family. Thomas Aeschi, the leader of the SVP parliamentary group. The majority of his party voted for Markus Ritter, but as a Zuger Aeschi is still in a clear mood.
Before the Neo Federal Council arrives, Aeschi sees a federal police officer below that appears to him. It is the civil servant with whom he was involved in a dispute on the Bundeshaus staircase last summer. There was a handmade there. The federal police (Fedpol) had blocked the stairs at the time because Ukrainian Parliament President Ruslan Stefantschuk visited. Aeschi and his party colleague Michael Graber insisted as a parliamentarian to be able to move freely. When the policeman did not let them go through, they wanted to fight their way free, with Aeschi being torn to the ground. He then spoke of a misunderstanding: a blocking was neither communicated in advance nor in the direct encounter.
The controversial scene on the Bundeshaus staircase.
The pictures went viral. And the incident had an aftermath: the federal prosecutor initiated a preliminary examination against Aeschi and Graber. The allegation: Hindle on an official act. Parliamentarians are protected against law enforcement in the exercise of their mandate. Unless their immunity is lifted. A month ago, the National Council's Immunity Commission decided to keep their immunity. The same decision, but very clearly, later fell the Legal Commission.
Aeschi and the policeman have never seen themselves again since the little tumult. Well, in the festive atmosphere of the Federal Council election, Aeschi approaches the federal police officer and appeals to him. Aeschi asks whether they could shake hands. The policeman hesitates a brief moment, then he stretches out his hand. Both scurry a smile on the face. They change a few words, but they should not be reproduced by the newspaper. The handshake must not be photographed either.
The proceedings of the Federal Prosecutor's Office are still pending, but after the commission decisions, an early attitude is expected.
The handmade between Thomas Aeschi and two federal police officers was recorded with cell phone cameras and divided via social media.
