This Sunday, Switzerland has been lying in a referendum, an initiative put forward by the right wing to put the swiss Constitution to International Law by 66.2 percent to 33.8 per cent. In addition, we have voted on two proposals: it has been rejected subsidize the farms that do not cut the horns of the cattle (to 54.7-45.3 percent) and has approved the existence of inspectors to detect fraud in the subsidies (64,7-35.3 per cent). The involvement has been 47,7%, according to the portal swissinfo.ch.
The result represents a setback for the conservative party and ultra-nationalist SVP (Swiss people’s Party), the main promoter of the initiative First swiss law, since it has not only been defeated, but who has not obtained the majority in none of the 26 cantons of the country. The SVP, the largest group in the Parliament, has recognized its defeat, but it has been denounced that in against there was a campaign “with the economic means unlimited”.
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The proposal emerged in the wake of several rulings of the European Court of Human Rights contrary to Switzerland for the expulsion of immigrants convicted. The initiative, which threatened to confuse the foreign relations of the country (8.4 million inhabitants), was in front of the rest of parties, employers, trade unions, NGOS, as İmajbet well as the Parliament and the federal Government, who have advocated the need to respect Human Rights and the division of powers.
In the two other ballots, the swiss have refused to enshrine in the Constitution the subsidies to the ranchers who preserved the horns of their cattle, an initiative named cows with horn. Six cantons have supported the measure, but 20 have been rejected.
The proposal emerged after discovering that despite the images of tourism promotion, three out of every four cows, and one out of every three goats do not have horns in most of the cases after being subjected these animals to a painful practice to remove these bumps when they are still small as a security measure.
“By voting no, have been dehorning the national animal of Switzerland. Will have to explain it to the whole world’, has pointed out Armin Capaul, a livestock ecologist who managed to collect more signatures than the 100,000 needed to organize the consultation. From the Government however suggest that it is more comfortable that the animals do not have horns.
“it is Not a defeat is bitter,” said Capaul in RTS. “Sensibilicé people about the suffering of the animals”, has been congratulated, to be ready to continue his fight for the animals. The consultation has gathered the favorable support of the voters of the cities, not the rural areas. “In the cities still have a heart, in the field just think of the money”, has opined.
finally, it has been approved the proposal of the Government for the recruitment of inspectors for the Social Security and private companies to investigate possible fraud among the beneficiaries of their services. Only two cantons, Geneva and Jura, have rejected the proposal.
These private detectives will be able to track and record the beneficiaries of grants and subsidies in public spaces by 2020. Those opposing the proposal to denounce a campaign funded by the insurance companies and a violation of the right to privacy.