A new large-scale corona demo was planned for December 30th in Berlin - but a court banned the plan.
“Lateral thinking” founder Ballweg is now surprising with an appeal.
Stuttgart / Munich - The founder of the
“lateral thinking”
initiative,
Michael Ballweg
, has called on supporters of the movement to take a
break from the large-scale demonstrations
.
In a video message on the side of the group “lateral thinking 711” from Stuttgart, Ballweg said that he would not register any more large demos until further notice.
Instead, he wanted to use the winter to gather strength, he justified his approach.
He recommends all “lateral thinking” groups throughout Germany to do the same.
Corona protests: lateral thinking founder wants to forego large demos for the time being - "Please ask yourself to accept the ban"
With a view to the
large-scale demonstration originally planned in Berlin
on
December 30th
, he called on those who think outside the box to stay at home and not to go to the federal capital on December 31st and January 1st.
On Wednesday it became known that the “lateral thinking” demonstration planned for December 30th in Berlin against state restrictions in the Corona crisis was banned.
"I would like to ask you to accept the ban," said Ballweg in the video.
But he would be happy if there were still small assemblies in many places in Germany that were
in accordance with the regulations of the federal states
.
Corona in Germany: Police trade unionists are calling for a general demo lockdown
Several lateral thinking demos were recently banned by the courts with reference to the protective measures in the wake of the corona pandemic.
The
police union in Bavaria
recently called for a
general lockdown for meetings and demos in
view of the high number of infections
.
The basic right to freedom of demonstration is correct and important.
In times when visits to family and friends are kept to a minimum and curfews are imposed, it is not understandable why demos and meetings are still allowed, the regional association announced on Wednesday.
Now the
fundamental right to physical integrity has
higher priority.
The "lateral thinking" movement is now being
observed
by the
State Office for the Protection of the Constitution in Baden-Württemberg
.
The State Office assigns several key players in the “lateral thinking” movement to the milieu of Reich citizens and self-administrators who deny the existence of the Federal Republic and negate democratic and constitutional structures.
Incidents occurred in several demonstrations.
The Stuttgart group “lateral thinking 711” is something like the nucleus of the now
nationwide active Corona protest movement
.
(
dpa / fn
)
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