An appeal has been filed against the new Vaud law on begging. It comes from a group of nine people who believe that the bill, validated on October 1 by the Grand Council, goes too far.
Announced Friday in the official notices sheet of the canton of Vaud, the appeal was filed with the Constitutional Court. This was seized by a group of nine people, including five beggars (one Swiss and four Romanians). We also find there notably Luc Recordon, the former advisor to the Vaudois States.
These people decided to appeal “because the modification of the Vaud criminal law amounts to once again completely prohibiting even passive begging, as the list of places where it would now be prohibited is long”, explains Xavier Rubli, lawyer for the appellants, contacted by Keystone-ATS.
“Totally disproportionate” turn of the screw
He recalls in fact that the Grand Council, under the leadership of the PLR and the UDC, has toughened its tone on begging compared to the initial bill from the Council of State. And in particular by greatly extending the list of places where begging would be prohibited (markets as a whole, near schools and playgrounds, at the entrance to buildings, offices, banks, stores, cinemas, museums, offices, etc. ).
According to Xavier Rubli, the majority of the Grand Council decided “to go much further and obviously much too far” compared to the Council of State’s project. The lawyer believes that this turn of the screw is “totally disproportionate”.
Me Rubli adds that, according to the text adopted on October 1 by the Vaudois Parliament, “there would no longer remain any piece of territory in city centers in which passive begging (which consists of sitting on the ground and extending one’s hand) could be calmly exercised.
The PLR deplores “a major delay”
In reaction to this appeal, the Vaudois PLR published a press release in which it expressed “its deep disapproval”. This appeal suspends the entry into force of the law and causes “a major delay” in the implementation of “the measures necessary to guarantee the security and well-being of all Vaudois citizens”.
The PLR says it is all the more angry that “the provisions voted by the Grand Council correspond to those of the Basel law already validated by the Federal Court”. The party says it hopes that the Constitutional Court will “rule quickly” so that the Vaudois can circulate in “peaceful and safe streets”.
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