Election candidate has formidable opponent

Friday, 6 October 2023 06:30

A candidate for the Swiss People’s Party in canton Basel-Country is finding she has a formidable opponent – her grandmother.

29-year-old Sarah Regez is a candidate for the right-wing party, but her grandmother has issued a pamphlet calling on voters not to vote for her.

The grandmother was a long time Social Democrat representative on a local council.

She says she’s horrified at the political position her granddaughter has taken.

Despite their political differences, the grandmother told the Basler Zeitung they have a good personal relationship.

Regez refused to comment, except to say her private life is separate from her political life.

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