Canton wants to require city police naming the culprits of origin

media releases of the Zurich police should in future call in addition to age and gender by default, the nationality of perpetrators, Suspects and Victims. The Thursday shall inform the governing Council today.

The Canton government submits to the Parliament a counter-proposal to the one in may 2018 submitted to the SVP Initiative. This requires that police reports relating to offences of the "perpetrators, suspects and Victims age, gender and all nationalities is known". At the same time, the SVP requires that, on request, in addition to the migration background of those involved, must be.

Although, the government with the naming of the perpetrators origin, a key Element of the Initiative. You omitted the counter-proposal, information on a possible migration background of the Swiss community, as well as to Dual citizenship, on demand, to prescribe. The basis of the counter-proposal form the current practice, the cantonal police of Zurich. You are also in keeping with the commandant on the recommendations of the conference of the Cantonal Police.

response to the practice of the city

"The public has a right to know the nationality of offenders," says Mauro Tuena, the Zurich national councillor and President of the city of Zurich SVP. "I observe with satisfaction that the government chooses to acknowledge it." Now we have to wait to take what is the attitude of the Parliament of the Canton Initiative and counter-proposal.

The SVP launched its Initiative in response to a change in Practice in the city of Zurich, which was dispensed with in November 2017 on the mention of nationalities in media communications from the city police. The former head of Security Richard Wolff (AL) based its decision on the fact that the regular mentioning of the origin of the perpetrators is in police reports is discriminatory. This will indicated that the fact was influenced by the nationality of the offender, explain. And the triple addiction to corner the actual causes such as poverty, low level of education, or drugs.

the resistance of the Bourgeois in the city Parliament

Wolff's decision is based on a proposal from the Zurich city Parliament from the year 2015, which was supported by a majority of SP, GLP, Green and AL. SVP, FDP and CVP, the postulate is not supported. "We are in favour of total transparency", said about the then municipal Council and President of the city of Zurich SVP Roger Liebi. "The population has a right to know where offenders are."

not to mention was even counter-productive, argued Roger Tognella, FDP district Council and former group President. As: Do you have a secret to the nationality of offenders, this would be exciting all the more. "Not to mention fuelling the polemic, and increases the resentment. You achieved exactly the opposite of what the Left want."

The SVP has called in the past few years, that it is not only foreign, as such, are excellent, but also to naturalized foreigners. The hand have so far only the police corps of the Canton of St. Gallen. (Tages-Anzeiger)

Created: 25.04.2019, 10:18 PM