class=”sc-cffd1e67-0 iQNQmc”>
The Parat party has filed charges against the entire Zug government for disloyal behavior during its time in office. She accuses her of billing meals and retreats separately, even though meals and lodging were reimbursed at a flat rate of 5 percent of salary.
The Party for Rational Politics, General Human Rights and Participation (Parat) announced on Thursday that it had come across the allegedly illegal write-offs in documents required under the Public Information Act.
26 bookings listed
Under the Law on the Legal Status of Members of the Council of Government, the suspects would likely receive a flat rate of 5 percent of their salary as expenses, which would cover all costs for business travel, meals and accommodation in the country, Parat wrote. President Stefan Thöni in the criminal complaint.
Thöni mentions 26 bookings there. These include “presumably completely or largely” the meals or overnight stays of members of the government council, which were already compensated by this fixed rate, as Thöni writes.
The government does not provide any information
When asked by Keystone-SDA, Ms. Landammann Silvia Thalmann-Gut (center) from Zug said that the government did not provide any information “due to ongoing procedures and out of respect for the separation of powers.” The public prosecutor’s office responsible for criminal prosecution is part of the judicial authorities in the canton of Zug. Moreover, the government council’s expense regulations have been publicly and politically accepted.
Parat is now demanding that the Judicial Review Commission approve criminal charges against the members of the government council and appoint a prosecutor from outside the canton.
The Swiss SRF television program ‘Kassenrutsch’ revealed in January that Bernese government council members had charged for snacks such as a banana or a butter pretzel, among other things. The government then ordered a change to the expense regulations. (SDA)
Source:Blick
I am Liam Livingstone and I work in a news website. My main job is to write articles for the 24 Instant News. My specialty is covering politics and current affairs, which I’m passionate about. I have worked in this field for more than 5 years now and it’s been an amazing journey. With each passing day, my knowledge increases as well as my experience of the world we live in today.
