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Petition: Immediate investigation against Federal President Berset for betrayal of secrets and suspicion of stock market insider trading in his environment

The President of the Swiss Confederation, Alain Berset, was interrogated for 7 hours by the extraordinary public prosecutor of the Swiss Confederation, Peter Marti. During this interrogation, Alain Berset was not cooperative and often refused to testify in order not to incriminate himself. This behavior is, of course, entitled to any accused person. Nevertheless, it is not compatible with his role as Federal President and Federal Councillor. In addition, there is still a concrete suspicion that people in Alain Berset's closest circle have enriched themselves by illegally exploiting price-sensitive insider information through stock market speculation. We demand a transparent and immediate investigation of this historic state crisis on the political and criminal level!

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On November 10, Berset's closest aide, Peter Lauener, violated the Official Secrets and fed confidential government information to Ringier CEO Marc Walder. He told him about the 100 million vaccine deal with Pfizer-Biontech. Lauener to Walder literally: "We will sign a contract with Pfizer, who have developed the allegedly very effective vaccine, in the near future." The Blick promptly ran a front-page headline one day later: "Switzerland gets the vaccine!" It was only a few hours later that the Swiss government communicated the conclusion of the agreement.

But even before that, Biontech's share price rose massively and there were a number of highly suspicious transactions involving shares in Lonza. It is completely unclear how many people at Ringier or in the BAG environment were able to exploit the insider information for their own profit.

Stock insider transactions in the environment of the FOPH
As early as March 12, 2021 unveiled Inside Paradeplatz: "Highest circles in the Bern administration have acquired shares in vaccination companies via UBS accounts. This in each case a few days before the Swiss government set vaccination switches." In the process, private transactions by top officials via UBS custody accounts were reported in the financial center.

Insider trading is a serious official offense (see Art. 161 SCC and possibly also an MLA offense).

There is a strong suspicion that the closest associates of President Alain Berset have engaged in insider trading with secret government information. It cannot even be ruled out that Alain Berset himself is involved in such transactions. Insider transactions in the environment of Marc Walder are also conceivable.

The public must know the truth: Did Alain Berset abuse his office so that he or those close to him could personally enrich themselves from the Federal Council's pandemic policy? Was there insider speculation at Ringier?
We call for an investigation by FINMA and an investigation by the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland
The civil rights movement MASS-VOLL! therefore calls on the financial market supervisory authority FINMA to immediately initiate an investigation against Federal Councillor Alain Berset, his family, all employees of the FDHA and FOPH, as well as Ringier, on suspicion of insider trading. and to inform the public in a transparent manner.

All share transactions of all suspects and their relatives in the last 36 months are to be fully examined and investigated for possible criminal misconduct.

The investigation must be conducted in close cooperation with the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland and, imperatively, also in close cooperation with foreign authorities in order to identify possible offshore transactions.

To prevent the real danger of collusion (collusion, destruction of documents, etc.), the entire electronic communication of Peter Lauener, Alain Berset, Marc Walder and other persons must be seized immediately. Likewise, in our view, there is the question of ordering pre-trial detention, especially to counteract the danger of collusion.

In addition, we expect the establishment of a Parliamentary Investigation Commission (PUK) to define measures on how such reprehensible incidents can be prevented in the future.

There is no alternative to the immediate resignation of President Alain Berset. He must not be allowed to obstruct the investigation by remaining in office for the time being. This crisis of state must come to an end immediately for the good of Switzerland and its institutions.

If Alain Berset is not prepared to resign, we believe that the criminal investigators must immediately demand that Alain Berset's immunity be lifted and that the Federal Assembly suspend him from office.

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Petition: Immediate investigation against Federal President Berset for betrayal of secrets and suspicion of stock market insider trading in his environment

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