Referendum: Switzerland confirms the YES to the Covid-19 pass
Despite months of protests, Swiss citizens voted overwhelmingly to keep the national system of vaccination certificates against Covid in place. The deal was sweetened for voters by the pledge of financial assistance, and was likely influenced by the timely news of the Omicron variant. However, if you reach the end of the article, you will have some surprises …
About 62% of voters chose Sunday to maintain the country's coronavirus measures. These measures include a controversial system of Covid vaccination certificates, required since September to enter bars, restaurants, theaters and other public spaces. A majority in 24 of Switzerland's 26 cantons supported the law, with only the small cantons of Schwyz and Appenzell Innerrhoden rejecting the measures.
All Swiss political parties, with the exception of the right-wing Swiss People's Party, supported the law, which was brought to a vote after anti-bloc groups gathered nearly 200,000 signatures to challenge it earlier this year. Under the Swiss system of direct democracy, any initiative can be voted on with 100,000 signatures.
Voters in June supported the introduction of the 60% measures, but in recent months there have been protests in Swiss cities over the introduction of vaccination certificates. In October, police used rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowd of people who broke through the barriers in front of the parliament building in Bern.
" The democratic process has been respected, but the law is still unconstitutional, " said Michelle Cailler of the Friends of the Constitution group after Sunday's vote. Cailler's group was one of many who campaigned against the law.
Céline Amaudruz of the Swiss People's Party, which currently leads the opinion polls in Switzerland, called on the government to take "coherent and measured" action, rather than treating the result as a "blank check" to impose any policy. related to the coronavirus want.
So in the end the Swiss said Yes, for now, to the vaccination pass, but the perplexities have not vanished and the most active part of the electorate is always mobilized. Switzerland has 67.1% of the vaccinated population complete and currently sees a number of cases in slow growth, according to the winter trend also in place in other European countries. If we were to be precise we would have to admit that at least 5% of the vaccinated population is still against the Vaccination Pass …
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