England: Vätern, die keinen Unterhalt zahlen, soll Führerschein und Pass eingezogen werden

Ein neues britisches Gesetz sieht die Bestrafung "unterhaltsflüchtiger" Väter vor – und umgeht dabei die Rechtsprechung durch Richter:

Unprecedented plans to give bureaucrats the power to revoke people’s driving licences and passports without going through the courts will be unveiled this week.

Work and Pensions Secretary James Purnell will announce the far-reaching proposals on Tuesday as part of a new crackdown on absent fathers who refuse to pay for the upkeep of their children.

Officials in charge of pursuing them for child maintenance arrears would win the right to bypass judges and ban them from driving or travelling abroad at the stroke of a pen.

Wenigstens sind diesmal endlich nicht nur von Männer- sondern auch von anderen Bürgerrechtlern Proteste zu erwarten:

But the so-called ‘administrative’ justice plans, based on similar systems in Australia and America, will provoke a storm of protest from judges and civil liberties campaigners already alarmed at Labour’s ‘Big Brother’ state.

A legal expert said last night that the ‘draconian’ plans would give State officials the right to curtail people’s freedom of movement and would therefore breach human rights legislation. There are also fears that other civil servants will eventually be given the same sweeping powers.

Die Daily Mail berichtet.