Minister: Dialogue and a clear edge in protest
Created: 12/27/2021 Updated: 12/27/2021, 12:51 PM
Michael Stübgen (CDU), Minister of the Interior and for Local Affairs, speaks.
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The protests against corona measures and a compulsory vaccination are increasing in Brandenburg.
Interior Minister Stübgen says how the police deal with it and what he thinks of the debate about mandatory vaccinations.
Potsdam - Brandenburg's Interior Minister Michael Stübgen (CDU) relies on dialogue and a clear edge in the event of violations for the growing protest against the Corona measures and mandatory vaccination. "We must not reinforce the impression that these are only constitutional enemies and right-wing extremists," said Stübgen of the "Märkische Allgemeine" (Monday). “Many people who take their protests to the streets do not question our rule of law. That is only a small part. "At the same time he said:" Our police show a clear edge when it comes to legal violations. She does what she can and is allowed to do. "
The minister believes that an increase in fines for violations of the corona rules if the situation worsens due to the Omikron virus variant is possible. "If we really get British conditions, it may well be necessary that we have to intervene in a draconian way and there will be higher fines," said Stübgen of the German press agency. "My hope is that people will stick to the rules - also for their own protection." Violations of contact restrictions and the use of masks during demonstrations are currently threatened with fines of up to 500 euros.
The minister expressed concern about the development of the protests. “There are normal people who exercise their right to demonstrate. But we are increasingly observing that right-wing extremists are trying to hijack this movement and abuse it for their own purposes, ”Stübgen told the newspaper. "Some of the ringleaders are known to us, including from the right-wing extremist and völkisch party" Third Way ", which is under surveillance by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution." According to him, the riot police have been in constant use for several weeks.
Stübgen was skeptical about compulsory corona vaccination for everyone.
“I think it's negligent.
You have to think about beforehand how you can do it and what effects it will have and whether it will help us, ”he told the dpa.
"Perhaps we are also better off if we simply continue to advertise intensively for vaccination." He criticized the traffic light coalition.
"It was a transparent diversionary maneuver by Olaf Scholz to break this debate off the fence when the traffic lights for infection control began to falter." The Chancellor speaks out in favor of a general vaccination requirement.
A vote in the Bundestag without a parliamentary group is envisaged.
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Brandenburg's Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke (SPD) had previously said that he advised not to decide on the question of mandatory vaccination for everyone until the end of January or February.
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