"Here More than Anywhere Else, It Is the Men Who Command: in Bern, the Valais Delegation Could Become Exclusively Male Again in 2027

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Only eight Valaisans have sat in the federal parliament since 1971 and the right to vote for women. Paradoxically, as several prominent elected officials prepare to leave the capital, women could disappear from the Valais delegation following the upcoming federal elections. He smiled: "I did my time. I still have work but I will disappear at the end of the legislature. We must leave room for younger people." On Tuesday, centrist Benjamin Rodué a…