The government will move to remove Gordan Lauc from the national science council, after he called on citizens to take part in protests against Covid passes, Health Minister, Vili Beros, said on Tuesday.

“We have tried to eliminate any possible discrimination and then someone accuses us of tyranny… I don’t think it is good to mix politics with science and the profession. I believe the government will terminate the collaboration with Lauc on the scientific council,” Beros told reporters.

In a post on social networks earlier on Tuesday Lauc called on citizens to take part in peaceful protests against mandatory Covid certificates “if they do not want the government to regulate how people should care for their health.”

After an inner cabinet meeting, Beros said that until now he had defended Lauc’s right to express his opinion.

“We spoke on several occasions and I think that the problem isn’t that he has a different opinion. However, when he questions the vaccination of younger people, advocates the lifting of restrictions at the peak of the fourth wave, and calls for protests, then that is concerning,” said Beros.

“Lauc accusing the government of tyranny is not the problem, the problem is that he is deluding the public,” said Beros, adding that he would not defend Lauc any longer and appealed to him to keep his opinion to himself.

“He is confusing the public and bringing into question scientific facts that are valid in the entire world and Europe. We have to be aware of our responsibility for what we say in public,” underscored Beros.