Army chief Blattmann apologizes to the Sonntagszeitung
Corps Commander André Blattmann, Chief of the Army, has apologized to the *Sonntagszeitung* for a false claim. On Monday, Blattmann had told the media that a quote from his army spokesperson had been misrepresented.
In its April 29 edition, the Sonntagszeitung newspaper wrote that the army had lost the data records of 27,000 decommissioned soldiers. The paper quoted the army spokesperson as saying exactly that.
The following day, Blattmann called a media conference. He accused the Sonntagszeitung of misrepresenting the quote from the army spokesman. In a letter to the editor-in-chief of the Sonntagszeitung, which is also available to the SDA news agency, Blattmann has now corrected his statement.
The Sonntagszeitung had reproduced the quote correctly. His statement had referred to a shortened quote on the front page of the newspaper. The changes requested by the head of the army had in fact not been included there.
Blattmann apologizes to the Sonntagszeitung for the mix-up and the resulting misunderstanding. (SDA)
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