Kanton Zug described as a “banana republic”: Badran exposes ex-government councilor with a drug problem

class=”sc-29f61514-0 jbwksb”>

Jacqueline Badran (61), national councilor and vice president of the SP of Zurich, describes the canton of Zug on Twitter as a “banana republic”. She bases her judgment, among other things, on Beat Villiger (66, middle).

The former Zug government councilor used drugs during his tenure. The prosecutor’s office in Lucerne has therefore sentenced him to a suspended fine and a fine for driving a car in Lucerne in the summer of 2022 after consuming crack.

It wasn’t the first time Villiger had made headlines outside of politics: a few years ago, he loaned a car to an acquaintance, even though she didn’t have a driver’s license. The Lucerne public prosecutor’s office opened a criminal investigation against Villiger in 2017. Villiger also has an illegitimate child with the woman.

Zug politicians outraged

Apparently enough for Badran to publicly describe the central Swiss canton as the “banana republic”. The newspaper CH Media first reported on Badran’s tweet.

The tweet was extremely poorly received by Badran’s political opponents, especially Zug’s. For example, the center chairman and Zug national councilor Gerhard Pfister (60) told CH Media: A national councilor “desperately reaches into the bottom drawer because she has run out of arguments”.

The SVP party chairman and Zug National Councilor Thomas Aeschi (44) also regrets Badran’s unconditional statement. “To turn personal fate into political capital is distasteful,” Aeschi said in the report.

The Zug FDP Council of States Matthias Michel (60, FDP) says Jacqueline Badran is trying to use train bashing to create a mood against the adoption of the OECD tax reform. That is incredible and communicative given a very transparent maneuver. It remains unclear why Badran let himself be carried away to this broad side against the canton of Zug. She did not respond to a request from Blick.

Badran against a tax bill that would benefit Zug

In fact, Badran is currently campaigning against the tax law that will be voted on June 18. It states that large international companies must pay a minimum of 15 percent tax on their profits.

Jacqueline Badran is not necessarily against minimum tax. However, she dislikes the distribution key that Parliament has advocated. After all, cantons with a low tax rate, in which large companies are located, should mainly benefit from the expected additional income, according to the proposal. First and foremost: Basel-Stadt and Zug. (Okay)

Source:Blick