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Stuttgart (AP) - The Stuttgart SPD district chairman Dejan Perc has called for the resignation of mayor Clemens Maier (Free Voters) after the "lateral thinking" demonstration on Saturday.
«The picture that Stuttgart gave yesterday is shameful.
Thousands of demonstrators meet, deliberately disregarding hygiene and distance rules.
And the city's top, in the person of the mayor, can think of nothing else than to praise the peaceful course? ”Said Perc on Sunday evening, according to the announcement.
It is the second Easter in a row where many people forego visits from families and friends.
“How are people supposed to continue to support this in the name of fighting pandemic, when demonstrators can disregard this a thousand times at the same time?
And the whole thing with the approval of the city, ”says Perc.
The attempt to justify the authorization with the freedom of assembly falls short.
"Freedom of assembly is not a super fundamental right that dominates all others, it is always a balance that has to be made."
Once again, journalists were attacked at these demos - and with them the freedom of the press.
That must also be included in the approval considerations.
"Here the decision-making mechanisms have obviously failed despite the foreseeable course," says Perc.
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Around 15,000 people, mostly without masks and minimum distance, gathered at a rally by the “lateral thinking” movement against the Corona policy in Stuttgart.
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