(Le News) Earlier this year, Sabine Tiguemounine, a parliamentarian from the Green Party, made news when she decided to sit in an area of Geneva’s parliament building open to the public, rather than in the main area where parliamentary members normally sit.
Earlier in 2019, the canton introduced rules preventing public officials, including members of parliament, showing outward signs of religious affiliation, such as the head scarf the parliamentarian normally wears, while carrying out their public duties.
The ban has since been suspended while the courts deliberate on an appeal launched by the Green Party.
Sabine Tiguemounine made news again this week when she resigned from the Green Party.
