With 112 votes to 37 has been approved by the cantonal Parliament the counter-proposal to the nationalities-the Initiative of the SVP . This means that the Zurich city police have to call in their reports the nationality of the alleged perpetrators. The former security chief of the town, Richard Wolff (AL), had this to prevented, according to a transferred SP/GLP-advance from the city Council. The other police forces such as the Canton police call the nationality, if it is not on the Person.

Closed for the counter-proposal were SVP/EDU, FDP, CVP and EVP. SP, GLP and the greens were about to split in half, only the AL from closed.

Finally, the new one is not. The young Greens have announced to combat the counter-proposal with a Referendum. This is the reason why the SVP has the Initiative to the Yes for against proposal only conditionally withdrawn. This is only to the law, if it is not combated. As group President Martin Pretty confirmed, the withdrawal only if no Referendum is called. "And if it is, we are looking forward to the referendum campaign." Then the electorate could decide on the Initiative, which also requires the mention of a Double citizenship, as well as a possible migration background of Swiss offenders.

Appeals to the young Green

Several Speakers appealed to the young Green, to have it not arrive. "It's a nasty ballot campaign, at the expense of the foreign resident population is going to go," predicted Markus Schaaf (EPP). "The rush will come, the xenophobia will increase," said Josef Widler (CVP). Simon Schlauri (GLP) "congratulated" the young Green that you ensure that in the future more will be said about the nationality mention in police reports as on climate change: "you have done well."

Also, safety Director, Mario Fehr (SP) said he was not sure whether the young Greens "are getting what they want".

The Nazi-accusation

The debate in the cantonal Parliament of illustrative material for a spiteful exchange provided for the same. Hans-Peter Amrein (SVP), announced that the Swiss driver who Altstetten recently in the case of the performance of boxes in Zurich has injured a police officer and life-threatening, a migrant has. Benjamin Fischer (SVP) language in the context of cocaine dealers of Nigerians.

Laura Huonker (AL) reacted with the Nazi accusation. She accused the SVP to copy the propaganda style of the Nazis. Hannah Pfalzgraf (SP) spoke of the inhuman policy of the SVP and warned EVP and CVP in accordance with a passage from the Bible: "Know your opponent." Fischer said that he can smell the fear on the centre-left side, "but we are not afraid of the verdict of the people".

"underground level"

It came also in the Parliament, the Fehr - "claims to belong to the civilized part of the population," to a wild slugfest, the Andrew Katumba (SP) "underground level" attested to.

in The end preferred the member of the Parliament of the counter-proposal to the Initiative with a 121:44 votes. The referendum period starts as soon as the decision is officially published.

a Few minutes after the decision, the young Green informed that they take the Juso, the AL, the urban Green and the Second@s Plus the Referendum.

Created: 09.03.2020, 09:46 PM