Monika Zajkova launches petition to introduce electronic ankle bracelets for family violence perpetrators
The LDP seeks 10,000 signatures for a referendum after parliamentary proposals to introduce tracking bracelets were twice rejected.
Monika Zajkova, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and a member of parliament, has launched a citizens' petition demanding the urgent introduction of electronic ankle bracelets to monitor perpetrators of family violence.
The text of the petition says organizers will seek 10,000 signatures to trigger a referendum on immediately introducing a bracelet that would warn the victim and alert authorities when the offender comes closer than the legally established distance.
Parliamentary roadblocks
The LDP says it submitted proposed amendments to the Law on Prevention and Protection from Violence against Women and Family Violence twice within a single year, but both proposals were rejected by the parliamentary majority.
When the first proposal was declined, the majority's explanation was that more detailed analyses were needed. In March of this year, the parliamentary majority again rejected Zajkova’s suggestion to introduce electronic bracelets for perpetrators of family violence.
Of 97 registered MPs, only 27 voted "for", so the proposal failed to pass. The petition marks the party's move to take the issue to the public after legislative avenues were blocked.
Photo: K. Popov)
