This was the result of a survey by “Welt am Sonntag”. In the short term, no one wants to follow Bavaria’s example, but several state governments are considering an amnesty. However, the vast majority of countries reject this. In Berlin, Governing Mayor Kai Wegner (CDU) would like to basically follow Bavaria’s example, but the Senate cannot decide on its own to stop proceedings.
“The districts are responsible for the fine proceedings. From a personal point of view, the Governing Mayor is sympathetic to the fact that the open fine proceedings are no longer punished,” said a spokeswoman for Wegner. “But this would require clear criteria that would have to be legally comprehensible.” There are also considerations about a Corona amnesty in Saxony. “We are discussing this issue within the state government,” said a spokesman for the Ministry of Social Affairs, which is headed by Petra Köpping (SPD). “If a measure can contribute to reconciliation, then we will examine everything we can.” In Thuringia, corresponding discussions that were held on the initiative of Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow (Left) have been concluded. Head of the State Chancellery Benjamin-Immanuel Hoff approached representatives of the municipalities. According to reports, objections to an amnesty were also expressed: Since some of the violations would ultimately be punished, but others would not, a feeling of injustice could be reinforced. “As a result, the Prime Minister decided not to pursue this plan any further, but rather to concentrate on the discussion about how society as a whole comes to terms with the Corona measures,” Hoff told the newspaper. In Baden-Württemberg, the Ministry of Health led by Manfred Luchs (Greens) rejects an amnesty. “A fundamental cessation of open proceedings would, at least from our point of view, amount to unequal treatment towards all those who have already paid their fines and had not raised an objection,” said a spokeswoman. “In Lower Saxony, there is no reason to stop the fine or criminal proceedings that are still pending,” says department head Kathrin Wahlmann (SPD) in the Ministry of Justice. A spokeswoman explained that the closure of pending proceedings would be “a bad sign for the functionality and enforcement of our constitutional state.”
