20 minutes – "It was a hint of juvenile stupidity"

The video caused a scandal in October: a Ticino recruited at Emmen, Flab-RS 33, was thrown at the orders of a supervisor by his classmates with objects. The DDPS spoke of "mistreatment" and the military justice opened an investigation.

The father of the affected recruits then broadcast the video of the scene to the Ticinese TV channel RSI. He told the broadcaster that his son had been intimidated. This was not the first brute he had had to endure, he had been left in the room by a superior in underwear.

"A hint of stupidity"

The mother of another recruiter contradicts the accusation of intimidation: "The boys have great cohesion and very good relationships with each other in RS," said BR (known name) to 20 minutes. The incident and subsequent reports would have further fused them. The Ticino rookie apologized to his comrades for passing the video to his father. But they would have calmed him down: "He could not do anything for the situation to evolve, they told them," says R.

The video was completely out of context, she says: "Previously, the guys had already been thrown to each other and the Ticinese rookie was also involved." Moreover, he was not the only one standing in front of him. His son also had chestnuts. "It was a hint of juvenile stupidity," says R ..

Unfortunately, the video landed in a Whatsapp chat and then in the media. Why Tessiner's father raised the allegations of harassment, probably that he knows himself, so R.

Recruits must be silent

It incriminates recruits who speak and write about them in such a negative way, says R. But they can not say anything – all members and employees of the military must be silent about what is happening to them. inside the army. The presumption of innocence also applies to soldiers, clearly states R .: "Until now, neither the DDPS nor any other official body has blamed intimidation."

Military justice continues to investigate the case. As confirmed Friday spokesman Mario Camelin, it is unlikely that a verdict is expected this year. Internally, however, the army has already imposed fines: in two disciplinary proceedings, the leader of the group who orders the video to launch the video and the filmmaker to five or three days of detention, said the army spokesman, Daniel Reist.

GSoA is outraged

Even the military magazine "Swiss Soldier" had criticized the cover of the case. This incident is described as a "joke" authorized by a group of recruits in the RS. However, the magazine writes that any type of machotum has no place in the military.

The secretary of the "Group for a Switzerland without an Army" (GSoA), Lewin Lempert, has no sympathy for this article: "I find it extremely deplorable that a newspaper intended for all officers and NCOs trivializes such an act. "It is considered a beer idea or a joke – without providing any proof of its existence.