Swiss National Bank hit by new spray paint attack
A woman activist spray painted a message on a billboard outside Switzerland’s central bank on Friday in an echo of a similar protest last year in which an 86-year-old woman was arrested.
The incident occurred as the Swiss National Bank (SNB) held its annual general meeting in Bern, the Blick newspaper reported.
An unidentified woman sprayed the message 'please remember why we founded you' on the billboard in red paint.
Erneuter Farbanschlag auf Schweizerische Nationalbank: Jetzt bekommt das Sprayer-Grosi Konkurrenz https://t.co/H2dbrHqCNC pic.twitter.com/Uu12j6wqaq
— Blick (@Blickch) April 27, 2018
According to the paper, the protestor was campaigning in support of the campaign for monetary reform, which goes to a nationwide vote in June.
READ ALSO: Why the Swiss National Bank needs more gold
Known as the Vollgeld Initiative in German and the Initiative Monnaie Pleine in French, the initiative calls an end to traditional bank lending and for the SNB to be the only financial institution able to issue money.
The SNB opposes the sovereign money initiative.
With the help of other activists, the spray painter removed the words a short time later.
Almost exactly one year ago an 86-year-old woman was arrested after spraying an anti-war message outside the SNB in a case that drew worldwide attention.
READ ALSO: Woman, 86, arrested for spraying anti-war graffiti on Swiss National Bank
The peace activist spray-painted ‘Money for weapons kills' on the billboard.
She was campaigning on behalf of the Group for a Switzerland without an Army (GSsA) which had launched a popular initiative to ban Swiss financing of any company that produces arms.
If it gathers the required 100,000 signatures by October 2018, the issue will go to a national referendum.
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The incident occurred as the Swiss National Bank (SNB) held its annual general meeting in Bern, the Blick newspaper reported.
An unidentified woman sprayed the message 'please remember why we founded you' on the billboard in red paint.
Erneuter Farbanschlag auf Schweizerische Nationalbank: Jetzt bekommt das Sprayer-Grosi Konkurrenz https://t.co/H2dbrHqCNC pic.twitter.com/Uu12j6wqaq
— Blick (@Blickch) April 27, 2018
According to the paper, the protestor was campaigning in support of the campaign for monetary reform, which goes to a nationwide vote in June.
READ ALSO: Why the Swiss National Bank needs more gold
Known as the Vollgeld Initiative in German and the Initiative Monnaie Pleine in French, the initiative calls an end to traditional bank lending and for the SNB to be the only financial institution able to issue money.
The SNB opposes the sovereign money initiative.
With the help of other activists, the spray painter removed the words a short time later.
Almost exactly one year ago an 86-year-old woman was arrested after spraying an anti-war message outside the SNB in a case that drew worldwide attention.
READ ALSO: Woman, 86, arrested for spraying anti-war graffiti on Swiss National Bank
The peace activist spray-painted ‘Money for weapons kills' on the billboard.
She was campaigning on behalf of the Group for a Switzerland without an Army (GSsA) which had launched a popular initiative to ban Swiss financing of any company that produces arms.
If it gathers the required 100,000 signatures by October 2018, the issue will go to a national referendum.
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