Thirteen new members of the Council of States sworn in
Published: Monday, Dec 4th 2023, 16:40
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The thirteen members of the Council of States newly elected in the 2023 elections were sworn in on Monday in Bern at the start of the winter session. Ten of them previously held seats in the National Council. Five of the new members of the small chamber are women.
These are Petra Gössi (FDP/SZ), Tiana Angelina Moser (GLP/ZH), Franziska Roth (SP/SO), Marianne Binder-Keller (Center/AG) and Flavia Wasserfallen (SP/BE). The new members of the Council of States Pascal Broulis (FDP/VD), Baptiste Hurni (SP/NE), Benjamin Mühlemann (FDP/GL), Mauro Poggia (MCG/GE), Fabio Regazzi (Mitte/TI), Pirmin Schwander (SVP/SZ), Pierre-Yves Maillard (SP/VD) and Simon Stocker (SP/SH) were also sworn in.
In Stocker's case, an election complaint is pending from two Schaffhausen voters who want to contest his election to the Council of States, as the State Chancellery of the Canton of Schaffhausen informed the Keystone-SDA news agency on request. The application is based on the fact that Stocker's main place of residence is in Zurich and not in Schaffhausen, which Stocker denies. The "Schaffhauser Nachrichten" had first reported on this.
According to the State Chancellery, the Schaffhausen government will decide on Tuesday whether the complaint will be upheld. Stocker was nevertheless sworn in on Monday. Stocker won the second round of voting for the Council of States in the canton of Schaffhausen on November 19 this year against the incumbent Thomas Minder (non-party).
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