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Who will dare to process the Corona period in the Burgenlandkreis?The Corona period has left deep scars in society – including in the Burgenlandkreis. 
Mask mandates, school closures, contact restrictions, vaccination campaigns, and limitations on public life: All these measures were taken in an atmosphere of uncertainty and fear. They were often drastic, frequently contradictory, and have not only affected social cohesion but also massively impacted fundamental rights. This makes it all the more important to critically process this period. The question is: Who in the Burgenlandkreis has the courage to take this step?A look at Osnabrück shows what such a processing process could look like – and what resistance must be overcome. As reported by the Multipolar-Magazin, the city council there decided, upon a motion by the party “Die Basis,” to allow access to files regarding the city administration’s Corona policies. This includes emails, resolutions, meeting minutes – documents that could shed light on the decision-making processes and influences during the pandemic.Yet, as soon as the decision was made, there were attempts to severely restrict access. Files are to be heavily redacted – a process hardly compatible with democratic transparency. Precisely because the Corona measures deeply infringed on fundamental rights, a comprehensive disclosure of decision-making paths and responsibilities would be urgently necessary. Instead, we are witnessing obfuscation once again – this time retroactively. This undermines the trust of citizens in politics and administration. What Osnabrück dares, should also be possible in the Burgenlandkreis.Why should there not also be an open, honest debate about the Corona period here? Why not also access to files on local measures, political agreements, and administrative decisions? What role did the health department, the district administrator, and the district council play? How were schools, care facilities, and businesses involved or bypassed? What mistakes were made? Who must be held accountable and liable?The Corona period was an exceptional situation – but that does not absolve us from democratic accountability. On the contrary: The more intrusive the measures, the greater the public’s right to clarification. Does it take courage to not just gloss over the past but to analyze it honestly? Not really. Yet this courage has so far been lacking in the Burgenlandkreis. Who in the district council, in the city councils of Naumburg, Zeitz, Weißenfels, Teuchenr, Hohenmölsen, Nebra, Droyßig, etc., is ready to take on this task? Who is willing to put the interests of the citizens above party-political considerations? Who demands transparency instead of forgetting?Processing the Corona period is not a matter of the past – it is a matter of democratic maturity. It is time for the Burgenlandkreis to start seeking answers. Citizens have a right to this. Who will dare?The Multipolar-Magazin article from July 9, 2025: Osnabrück District: Basis Representative Gains Access to Corona Crisis Team MinutesNecessary quorum in the district council mainly achieved with CDU votes / Politically responsible justified earlier rejection with confidentiality obligations / District Administrator: “Secret” information excluded from file accessOsnabrück. (multipolar) Anita Haunhorst, the sole representative of the party “dieBasis” in the Osnabrück district council, will gain access to the minutes of the crisis team and the correspondence between the relevant authorities in her district during the Corona period. The representative succeeded with a corresponding motion in a district council meeting at the end of June and achieved the necessary quorum of 25 percent of the votes. 28 of the 68 council members voted in favor of her request. The majority of these votes came from CDU representatives, but the AfD and District Administrator Anna Kebschull (Greens) also agreed. The latter surprised Haunhorst, she told Multipolar, as it was the district administrator who had previously complicated access to the sensitive Corona documents. While Haunhorst has now secured a right to file access by reaching the necessary quorum, she is still unsure about the next steps. The former social worker justifies her demands for access to the Corona documents by stating that they are of high public interest for the “transparent traceability and evaluation of administrative decisions” during the Corona period. In the “state of emergency” of the Corona measures, “far-reaching restrictions on fundamental rights were decided by political bodies,” she explained to Multipolar. For her personally, it is primarily about “overcoming” societal division through “honesty, respect, and standing by mistakes” to rebuild trust. In April, Haunhorst, who is also the chairwoman of the district association of the party “dieBasis,” initially requested access to the documents from District Administrator Kebschull based on the Freedom of Information Act. Parallel to this, she submitted a request for access to the corresponding documents of the city of Osnabrück to Mayor Katharina Pötter (CDU). Both officeholders rejected the release. Pötter’s letter stated that necessary redactions to comply with confidentiality obligations would incur personnel costs estimated in the “five-digit range.” Furthermore, it was questionable “whether sufficient readability would remain.” Information would only be provided if the request were more specific – for example, regarding “individual events and dates.” For the Osnabrück district, Haunhorst justified her right to access the documents in a second attempt in early May with her mandate as a district council member. Based on the Lower Saxony Municipal Constitution, she requested information and access to the minutes of the Corona crisis team. This request was also rejected by District Administrator Kebschull. While district council members may “for their own information” demand information on all matters of the district, this does not apply to matters subject to confidentiality. Since Haunhorst had not posed specific questions, no information could be provided, Kebschull argued. Unlike with “information requests,” the legal situation regarding “file access” is different, the district administrator explained. However, file access is only to be granted to district council members if a quarter of the members, a faction, or a group demands it. Haunhorst then lodged an objection at the end of May. A “blanket reference to confidentiality” is not sufficient for rejecting the request in her view. The administration is obliged to carefully examine and specify which concrete contents require confidentiality and why. If necessary, personal data should be redacted – not entire protocols or entire subject areas, Haunhorst said. Multipolar asked District Administrator Kebschull and Mayor Pötter to what extent the two officeholders were responsible for implementing the Corona measures and how they justify the confidentiality of the requested documents. Pötter had a spokesperson state that she took office on November 1, 2021. By that time, the Corona measures had already been “uniformly regulated at the federal level,” so that “no implementation within the municipalities’ own sphere of influence” remained. The minutes of the Corona crisis team contain “to a large extent” information marked with a “confidentiality level” by the state of Lower Saxony. Unredacted disclosure to third parties would be equivalent to a “breach of confidentiality obligations” toward the state. District Administrator Kebschull expressed herself similarly. Through a spokesperson, she told Multipolar that the districts had a wide range of responsibilities in the context of “pandemic control.” As district administrator, she bears the associated responsibility. The Green politician also emphasized that the now-decided file access excludes matters subject to confidentiality. The current preparations for file access will “take some more time.” When asked what prompted Kebschull to ultimately support the request of council member Haunhorst, the district administrator had it announced that she generally supports “the processing of the Corona pandemic.” Author: AI-Translation - multipolar & Американский искусственный интеллект | |
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