Viola Amherd (CVP), the first Secretary of defense of the Switzerland – she is a security policy so far is a blank slate. As a national councillor the She military was politically not hear. You didn’t have to, because their domains were found in the course of its legislative activity in the fields of law and infrastructure, for which it issues as a member of the commissions for law, as well as for transport and telecommunications team. A note, as the new Head of the Federal Department for defence, civil protection and Sport (VBS) is likely to tick, however due to their voting behavior in political-security issues in the national Council.

An analysis of results, for example, that national councillor Amherd rejected at the time, all of the initiatives of SP-national councillor Chantal Galladé (ZH). Galladé, only just out of the national Council resigned, was the lead security politician on the left, on the Council side. By Motion requested, in the last spring session about the abolition of the Mandatory. Amherd said ” no ” to the proposal clearly for the maintenance of the wards, off-duty shooting practice for members of the army.

Against the need for evidence

as Galladé in the autumn session, in 2017, the chamber said, the poor weapon got lost in the broom closet, nothing, agreed Amherd against the Motion of your SP-Ratskollegin. The required creation of legal foundations for the storage of the weapons in stuff houses joined with the no Amherds also in the large majority of your group, rejection – in 24 to 2 CVP-votes. No, the future defense Minister said a parliamentary Initiative of the SP-security-politician, according to which only those persons should have a weapons acquisition permit is obtained, which may provide a need for proof. Here Galladé argued, by a need for proof to ensure that all those with a gun are actually required (to protect hunters and sport), “still without a weapon and have could be purchase”. The other, however, not more.

These confessions Amherds to leave now, but by no means the conclusion that they supported the current Referendum, the Protect against the Acquisition of the new EU firearms Directive into Swiss law. The opposite is the case. Because in line with the majority of its new Federal Council colleagues endorsed Amherd in September, the “development of the Schengen Acquis to Amend the EU weapons Directive”. For the Transfer of EU regulations into the law of the land, and thus zurVerschärfung of the Swiss weapons act AmherdJa said, again in line with the clear majority of their CVP group.

conclusions as to the attitude of the new Federal councillor in security questions, their responses, as a national councillor for the last Smartvote survey. The question asked – “Should be extended to the powers of the security authorities to the preventative Monitoring of Postal, telephone and E-Mail traffic?” – answered Amherd “rather Yes”. And your support of the recent army reform (WEA) underscore Amherd with her ‘ Yes ‘ to the question: “do you Support a significant reduction in the current poor stock to a maximum of 100’000 soldiers?”

More money for “public safety”

it is Interesting, in retrospect, the openness of a member of Parliament Amherd to the introduction of a General compulsory service. “Rather Yes” answered at least the question of whether you support the introduction of a compulsory, General civil service (military, expanded the civil service or militia involvement in the community). Then you known that for defence of the country “much” money is spent, as in the past, and not about “more”, but not “less”, as you would have been able to tick the box in the Smartvote questionnaire. More money Amherd would spend in contrast, for the “public safety”.

Viola Amherd have moved in questions concerning the VBS directly, as a national councillor for the majority of VBS-line, confirmed CVP-politicians and the Council of States Isidor Baumann (UR) on request. As a member of the Federal Council was asked in comparison to the MP-existence of a greater overall vision. These take the place of a certain freedom that we enjoy as members of Parliament in single issues. Baumann is sure: “Amherd will create the step is to total the responsible Federal councillor easily, regardless of their previous voting behavior as national councillor.”

(editing Tamedia)

Created: 13.12.2018, 08:20 PM