Vote to reject the March 7 referendum on a full face mask and burqa ban
Geneva … News Time
The Swiss government has urged voters to vote in a March 7 referendum on a full face mask and a ban on the burqa. The Swiss government has suggested voters reject the March 7 referendum because such a ban could affect tourism. In Switzerland, under a system of direct democracy, any change in the constitution is proposed by popular vote and is considered a victory if more than 100,000 voters sign in favor. The government said in a statement that very few people in Switzerland wear the full face mask. The government has taken the position that most of the women who wear face masks are tourists and spend very little time in the country.
Earlier, the number of Muslim tourists was higher in Montreux and other places in central Switzerland, including Interlaken, around the Geneva prison, and especially among tourists from Arab countries. France and Denmark have previously banned the niqab in order to maintain the country’s secular traditions and end discrimination against women.
According to the report, the right-wing Swiss People’s Party (SVP), along with the Egerkinger Komitee, an organization working to ban the burqa in Switzerland, was also behind the 2009 ban on minaret construction. It received 60% of the vote. According to the official statistics of Switzerland, the total population of the country is 8.6 million while about 5% of the population is Muslim.
