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The outcry caused by SVG St.Gallen Cantonal Councilor Karl Güntzel and his homophobic statement to Regierungsrat Martin Klöti do not stop. Although Güntzel apologized in the meantime, the boys Grünen challenge him to resign – they find that Güntzel belongs to the stone age and not to parliament.
In the criticism: Karl Güntzel, cantonal SVP St.Gallen. (Image: Regina Kühne)
Cantonal Councilor Karl Güntzel spoke on Wednesday at the beginning of the third day of the session. In the meantime, he had taken note and could understand that "part of his statement criticizing the way of life of the Government Council, Martin Klöti, can be understood, so I apologize to Martin Klöti for my statements. "The day before, Güntzel had made a homophobic statement to the address of the FDP Regierungsrat Martin Klöti.
However, Güntzel's excuses do not extend to Young Greens. As they announced late Wednesday evening in a statement, they demand the immediate resignation of the Cantonal Council SVP. You write:
"The homophobic attack shows that even today, discriminatory statements are socially acceptable."
The attack against the council of the government of St. Gallen – the Young Greens in a first version falsely written by Marc Mächler in place of Martin Klöti – was not tolerable and could not be excused. Manolito Steffen, Co-President of the Young Greens of the Canton of St. Gallen, said: "Mr Güntzel is not worthy of his post because he defames and challenges the fundamental rights of the person with such stupid and hurtful statements ".
According to the release, for young greens, it is clear:
"Güntzel belongs to the stone age and not to parliament."
"To be a little clarified"
The day before, the Parliament of St. Gallen had examined the government's report on home and school care in the canton. Klöti, head of the department of the interior, had mentioned in the report the organizational burden of the families. In a family, two parents should organize it. The state should create good framework conditions, says Klöti.
Martin Klöti (Image: Regina Kühne)
The cantonal councilor SVP Güntzel then said that he had "a bit of control when Klöti talked about both parents, you should talk about what you know, not what you do not know." He was followed by boos of parliament.
After the Parliament examined the report with 87 to 24 votes, the cantonal councilor of the SP, Martin Sailer, spoke and said to Güntzel: "You are upset by your discriminatory declarations.It does not work.I hope excuses. "
The President of the Cantonal Council, Imelda Stadler, read Güntzels' apology on Wednesday morning in a letter from the Co-President of Parliament. These stress that the Cantonal Council should omit any declaration of a sexist, racist and homophobic nature.
Statement deleted from the minutes
Government adviser Martin Klöti said: "We commented on this issue and showed how close the border is to injury, even in our liberal society, and I'm glad we overcame that."
Güntzels' statements have not been the subject of debate in the Council. Because the statements were neither in the word protocol to read, nor in the information system of the Council as an audio file to listen. On Wednesday, the State Chancellery said that she had investigated the matter. Apparently, Güntzel's controversial vote has not been exported to the Internet because of a "stupid coincidence for technical reasons". A verbal message is only processed if the minutes record at least one character. As a rule, it is only one point.
This point is forgotten from time to time in the heat of the moment, as yesterday in Güntzel's message, writes the State Chancellery in its statement. She further points out that it is impossible, for reasons of time and technical order, to deliberately or consciously export individual transactions or verbal statements on the Internet. The file should be available after re-export as of Thursday in the Council's information system.
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