Next weekend, the by-election for the local council will take place in Köniz BE. The GLP candidate is counting on an unusual election campaign.
Thomas Marti (GLP) wants to be on the municipal council of Köniz BE – and is therefore advertising with graffiti on the sidewalks of Bern. – Nau.ch
The most important things in brief
- Thomas Marti (GLP) wants to join the municipal council of Köniz BE on September 22nd.
- Marti’s entourage is working hard to achieve this – and is spraying his face on the sidewalks of Bern.
- The reactions so far have been “great,” the 53-year-old told Nau.ch.
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Thomas Brönnimann (GLP), Head of the Security and Real Estate Directorate, will step down from the Köniz Municipal Council at the end of 2024. Three people are now running to succeed him.
One of them is GLP politician Thomas Marti. The 53-year-old is currently in the middle of the election campaign – and is doing so in his own unique way.
Graffiti instead of election posters – a good idea?
44%
Yes, that’s something different.
1
Yes, that’s something different.
56%
No, nobody will see that. Election posters are better.
2
No, nobody will see that. Election posters are better.
Marti is not showing his face on election posters as usual, but is advertising with graffiti on sidewalks in places in Bern that attract a lot of people. “Marti machts” and “Politik mit tiefgreifend” are also appropriately written in each case.
Inspired by the street art of the women’s strike
The father of three did not come up with the idea himself. “The idea for the graffiti came from good friends. They then implemented it,” Marti told Nau.ch. “They told me that they were inspired by the street art of the last women’s strike.”
The sidewalk paintings were sprayed with chalk and would then disappear on their own.
Thomas Marti (GLP) wants to join the municipal council of Köniz BE on September 22nd. 
Marti’s entourage is working hard to achieve this – and is spraying his face on the sidewalks of Bern. 
“So far, it’s mainly my friends and acquaintances who have asked me about the graffiti,” says Marti. “Those who have contacted me thought the graffiti was great.” (Symbolic image) 
Marti’s friends were inspired by the street art of the last women’s strike when creating their election campaign graffiti. (Symbolic image)
One of these graffiti can be seen, for example, at the Hessstrasse bus stop in Liebefeld, as Nau.ch pictures show.
He cannot say where else his friends have sprayed. “I myself have seen graffiti in Liebefeld, Steinhölzli and Köniz,” says the cultural engineer.
Feedback is “great”
The unusual campaign advertising certainly seems to be generating attention. “So far, it’s mainly my friends and acquaintances who have asked me about the graffiti,” says Marti.
And how are they received? “Those who reported it thought the graffiti was great,” said the GLP politician who lives in Köniz, Canton of Bern.
Have you noticed Thomas Marti’s election campaign graffiti?
85%
No, doesn’t mean anything to me.
Whether the creativity of those around him will bring Marti into the Köniz municipal council will be revealed on September 22nd. That is when voters will choose Brönnimann’s successor.
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