Submission of the reprocessing initiative on 28 August 2024

Media release 21 August 2024

Delivery of the reprocessing initiative

One week from today, on 28 August 2024, the collection period for the reappraisal initiative ends.
Over 52,000 people have signed the petition and are calling for a comprehensive review of the
Corona time! This strong support shows how important this issue is to many people. The
initiative committee and the Friends of the Constitution, who are largely behind this initiative,
are proud of the result and the commitment of everyone involved. Thanks to the great commitment
The initiative has now been presented to the Federal Council as a powerful petition.

The events of 2020 have made it clear how existing laws can be bent and actions
were legitimised by new laws and emergency legislation. It became clear that this could not simply be
and so an initiative committee was formed that worked for around two years to
with various lawyers and in dialogue with the Federal Chancellery, an initiative text for the reappraisal
of those years. The most important concern was not to leave any loopholes open in order to
The aim is to ensure that the intention of the initiative is actually realised.

The collection was launched in spring 2023 and at the same time, the Friends of the Constitution also rose as a
main supporters of the initiative. The cooperation was favourable right from the start,
in partnership and well coordinated. Samuel Riggenbach from the Friends of the Constitution,
member of the Executive Board, to the initiative committee of the reappraisal initiative. The
Signature forms were processed and notarised by the Office of Friends of the Constitution.

The following selection of campaigns and marketing measures shows the enormous commitment and the
efforts of the initiative committee and the Friends of the Constitution:

• Telegram: The telegram channel of the reappraisal initiative with almost 5k subscribers
  sent out over 400 posts, of which his own posts have between 2k and 10k views on average,
  certain with 18k, 20k, 46k significantly more
• Social Media: The Friends of the Constitution have two Facebook channels with a total of around 25k
  Subscribers. A total of over 100 posts were published on the reprocessing initiative.
  Practically all posts were also published on Instagram with around 5k followers. Countless
  Posts and videos were distributed via Twitter, YouTube and Tiktok.
• Newsletter: In three newsletters to the members of the Friends of the Constitution and in eleven
  newsletter to the full mailing list with approx. 115k subscribers, the reprocessing initiative
  mentioned. The initiative committee sent out 4 newsletters to its subscribers.
• Insert placements signature forms and adverts in magazines such as
  Weltwoche, Die Freien, etc. with a total of around 60,000 signature sheets
• Postal dispatch: Around 200,000 questionnaires were sent to approx. 100,000 recipients, of which
  around 7,000 direct orders from the website. Around 246,000 orders were placed via Flyer Everywhere.
  sheets were distributed directly to households. In addition, over 100,000 sheets were distributed by hand in
  distributed in letterboxes in various regions of Switzerland.
• Collecting signatures: On countless collection days on the streets throughout the
  Switzerland collected signatures - especially from the regional heads of the
  Constitution Friends. We were also present at various events with a stand, where we also
  was collected for the reprocessing initiative.

We have done everything in our power to obtain the information required for a popular initiative.
to collect 100,000 signatures. Despite the tireless efforts, the last
weeks, it was clear that this ambitious goal would not be achieved. Nevertheless, we are grateful and proud of
the commitment and support we have received.

As of today, an impressive 52,312 signatures have been received by the Friends of the Constitution office.
This is a clear sign of how many people are calling for a reappraisal of the coronavirus era.
The key question now was how to make the best possible use of these tens of thousands of clear commitments. The
initiative committee decided to submit this strong support as a petition to the Federal Council.
We are still firmly convinced that the reappraisal of the "plandemic" is necessary.
Initiatives in Germany and the United States show that the organised, in some cases
measures and restrictions of any basis that are maliciously directed against citizens
and do not simply want to be left standing by the people.

The petition will be submitted on Wednesday, 28 August 2024, the day of the initiative's deadline, at 15:00
to the Federal Council. At the same time, we call on parliamentarians to recognise this petition as a
basis for further political steps, such as the submission of a
parliamentary initiative in favour of an independent and extra-parliamentary investigation.

Submission of signatures on 28 August 2024:
14:30 Media conference: we are available for questions
15:00 Handing over the signatures to the Federal Chancellery
Location: Bern, Federal Palace, Bundesterasse

Patrick Hofer
Co-initiator of the Reappraisal Initiative,
President "Verein Aufarbeitung Corona Zeit"
kontakt@aufarbeitungsinitiative.ch

Samuel Riggenbach
Board of Directors "Verein Aufarbeitung Corona Zeit",
Board Friends of the Constitution
samuel.riggenbach@verfassungsfreunde.ch