Juso: Leuthard's hands smeared with blood
Following the controversial anti-minaret poster, a provocative political ad from the other side has now emerged. The Young Socialists (Juso) have released a poster depicting Doris Leuthard as a butcher with blood-stained hands, in response to the uproar over arms exports.
The current legislation represented by Federal Councillor Leuthard is responsible for thousands of deaths abroad, explains Cédric Wermuth, head of the Young Socialists. The Young Socialists are therefore calling for a complete ban on the export of war material in an initiative. The CVP is disappointed and describes the depiction as "primitive". The picture can hardly be surpassed in its lack of sophistication, CVP spokeswoman Marianne Binder is quoted as saying on 20min.ch. The Young Socialists, like the right-wingers, are happy to use any means for political propaganda.
"To be shocked by such an image would be hypocritical," says the Juso. "Because people die every day from Swiss weapons, but we hardly ever see these far more shocking images." Parallels to the working methods of political opponents are by no means denied. Cédric Wermuth told Werbewoche that they had thought about how they could implement a counter-program to the SVP. The spontaneous poster campaign, which was realized internally for budget reasons, also deliberately worked with the element of outrage.
"To be shocked by such an image would be hypocritical," says the Juso. "Because people die every day from Swiss weapons, but we hardly ever see these far more shocking images." Parallels to the working methods of political opponents are by no means denied. Cédric Wermuth told Werbewoche that they had thought about how they could implement a counter-program to the SVP. The spontaneous poster campaign, which was realized internally for budget reasons, also deliberately worked with the element of outrage.
