Keystone-SDA
Civil service should not be dismantled, say young green-exps. They launch a referendum against the current reform, wanted by the Federal Council and supported to the National Council.
(Keystone-ATS) For the government, the objective is to lower the number of people who leave the army for civil service. A third of civilists enter this category. A series of measures proposed by the Federal Council must pass the number of annual admissions to the civil service from 6,600 to 4000.
The national majority of the National Council supported these measures in June, against the advice of the left and the PVL. At the time of the national debates, the party of young environmentalists as well as the Swiss Federation for the Civil Service had already brandished the threat of the referendum.
“Although the army’s workforce is already greater than the law authorizes, the Parliament wants to massively weaken civil service. Six measures must make civil service less attractive and make more difficult the transition from the army to the civil service “, criticizes the party in a press release published on Monday, announcing the launch of a referendum already, while the Council of States is still having to decide this fall.
Abolish compulsory military service
The young Green-Exs also request the abolition of the compulsory service. “Compulsory military service leads to a forced militarization of society and any form of obligation to serve is a massive attack on the personal freedom of individuals,” explains Sheldon Masseraz, co -president of the young party, quoted in a position.
Instead, the party wants a voluntary social service. The latter, which would be carried out in the fields of systemic importance, must be open to any person residing in Switzerland from the age of 15 years and be remunerated at least 120 francs per day of service. He must also recognize the voluntary commitment and the work of “care” (care), while being flexible in its duration and in its occupancy rate.