Thousands (media says ‘a group’) of angry Swiss citizens people carrying torches and bearing Swiss flags filed through a town in Switzerland’s Zurich region, rejecting the regime’s determination to introduce the notorious and highly sinister Covid health passes.

Among the slogans heard during the march on Tuesday night was ‘peace, freedom, the people are sovereign.’ Relating to Swiss culture bell-ringers and drummers were also present at the rally, a common feature at events like this in Switzerland in recent months.  

The massive anti-regime protests came just days before the Sunday referendum, in which the Swiss government will decide whether or not the Alpine country needs to introduce Covid passes. Tuesday’s rally passed without incident, with protesters sticking to designated pedestrian areas.

Over November 27 / 28 over 120 anti-government rallies, marches and demonstrations took place, mostly in Europe. The Press, referred to by a former German government minister as ‘the keyboard government plays on’ was notable by their absence.

Similar demonstrations also took place last Saturday in the cities of Zurich and Lausanne, with thousands of demonstrators attending. Other protests such as this one over the past few months did end in violent clashes with the police.  

In Bern, fences had been erected to prevent protesters from accessing and overwhelming the despised ruling caste and flooding the parliament grounds. Swiss authorities have also had to provide additional security to a number of government and media officials, including the country’s health minister, who has reportedly been targeted with insults and even death threats.

According to a recent poll, 61% of the country’s population is in favour of amendments that would enable authorities to introduce sanitary passes. However, polls published in the Press are as suspect as they were in the former Soviet Union.

Even though 65% of the population is said to be, according to the Press, fully vaccinated, As elsewhere, Switzerland has been witnessing a surge in Covid cases over the last few weeks. However, the country’s government has so far stopped short of imposing new nationwide restrictions, arguing that the situation differs from region to region.

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According to them, the decision of whether or not to put in place new curbs will rest with local authorities. In a statement released on Wednesday, the Swiss government warned, however, that it is closely monitoring developments, as they could worsen in the weeks to come. Think your friends would be interested? Share this story!