Cassis joined Twitter while running for the House of Representatives in 2011.
(Keystone)
Ignazio Cassis, Switzerland’s newly elected foreign affairs minister, has removed over 90% of his Twitter posts. He’ll polish his Facebook profile next, say government authorities.
The centre-right Radical Party member joined Twitter in March 2011. Some of the deleted tweets include comments deemed not suitable for his role as Switzerland’s foreign affairs minister.
For example, in June 2016, after Britain’s vote to leave the EU, the then-parliamentarian wrote: “Brexit, Grexit, Quitaly oder Endenemark? AdiEU everybody!” The website Politwoopsexternal link archives the deleted tweets of politicians.
As the foreign affairs ministry told the Tages-Anzeiger, Cassis will use his existing social media accounts for official department business. Most of his pre-election posts are not relevant for his current function, it said.
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