The Parliament of the Faroe Islands is about to enact legislation to ban Sea Shepherd and similar circuses from the Faroe Islands. Message from the Faroe Islands through Facebook explaining what happened in the Parliament and the process: “The Parliament has not yet voted on this law. What has happened is the opposition in Parliament (the minority) has proposed a law that would ban organization like the SSCS in the Faroe Islands. The Government (the majority) declined this law. Instead, they have ordered the Minister in charge, to take the proposal by the opposition, make it much stricter and impose much heavier punishments for breaking this law. They ask to have any organization or personnel associated with such, that try to enter the Faroe Islands with the intent to oppose or interfere in LEGAL hunting practices, to be banned from entering Faroese Territory. They also want the Fines to skyrocket, and give the Judge sufficient cause to confiscate any material, equipment and vessels used or merely intended for the use of interfering in legal hunts. The Parliament approved by 29 Votes in favor and 4 non-votes (out of 33 MPs total!) to order the Minister to have this law ready for the Parliament to vote on no later than May 1st 2015.”
Posted on: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 06:39:21 +0000
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