GENEVA ¨C Swiss voters on Sunday resoundingly rejected a proposal to replace the current men-only military conscription with a compulsory civic duty for all and another on taxing the superrich to fund the climate fight.
Final results from across the country¡¯s 26 cantons showed voters spurning the initiatives, which had generated significant discussion in the wealthy Alpine nation.
The so-called Civic Duty proposal, which called for requiring every Swiss citizen, regardless of gender, to do national service in the army or in a civilian capacity, was snubbed by a whopping 84% of voters nationally.
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