Should public-service companies be barred from pursuing profit and paying executives more than government officials?

AI-generated summary, admin reviewed: This initiative concerned government-linked providers of basic public services such as public transport, postal services and telecommunications. The national government and related companies would no longer be allowed to pursue profit from these basic services. Surpluses could not be used to subsidize other parts of government, and executive salaries could not exceed salaries in the national administration. Supporters argued that essential services should prioritize affordability and nationwide access rather than profit or high executive pay. Opponents argued that these companies needed profits to invest, innovate and maintain services and warned that some of the initiative's restrictions were unclear. Swiss voters rejected the initiative.

Seed source: Swissvotes federal popular vote dataset.
Swissvotes page: https://swissvotes.ch/vote/600.00
Official result data: https://bk.admin.ch/de/details-volksinitiativen?voteNumber=600
Vote date: 2016-06-05
Original Swissvotes English title: Initiative «Pro public services»
Original German title: Initiative «Pro Service public»
Swissvotes short-description title: Mehrheit will beim Service public keine Experimente riskieren
Original French title: Initiative «En faveur du service public»
Année Politique Suisse description: https://anneepolitique.swiss/prozesse/55308
easyvote explainer video (German): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIB0tYSL35M
easyvote explainer video (French): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWJCVK0Iy8k
BFS result map (German): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic&lang=de#c=indicator&i=vp20160605.prop_oui_600_0
BFS result map (French): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic&lang=fr#c=indicator&i=vp20160605.prop_oui_600_0
Official chronology (French): https://bk.admin.ch/fr/details-initiatives-populaires?voteNumber=600