Swiss libertarians say Hölle keine! (Hell No!)

Ivica Petrusic is vice president of Secondos Plus, one of the largest pro-immigrant organization in Switzerland. Petrusic is being quoted in the Swiss press calling for the replacement of the Swiss flag with a flag more representative of diversity.

From The Local, Switzerland News in English, Sept. 20, "SVP to immigrants: Don’t mess with the Swiss flag"

He said that the old tricolour “represented a progressive Switzerland, open to the world,” as opposed to the current banner which “no longer corresponds with today’s multicultural Switzerland” because the country “has great religious and cultural diversity.”

On rightist lawmaker, herself an immigrant from Slovokia expressed outrage at the proposal.

Yvette Estermann, an SVP lawmaker, said the statement made by Petrusic shows “disrespect” towards Switzerland. She wondered “if the next thing will be to abolish Christian churches” in the country.

“It is unacceptable that immigrants give orders to their host country on what it has to do,” she told The Local.

The Swiss Peoples' Party (SVP) is the right-libertarian party in Switzerland headed by Oskar Freysinger. The Party akin to the UK Independence Party, is pro-tax cuts, pro-Swiss sovereignty, and for shutting down immigration from countries whose values conflict with Swiss tolerance.

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