“A good day in a party leader’s life pops up only about twice as many problems as he reasonably can solve.” The words are S-Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson and were directed to Bengt Westerberg on his 50th birthday.
It told Jan Björklund when he eight years ago stood on the stage in the Aros Congress Center in Vasteras, recently elected new leader of the Liberal Party.
This weekend is collected Liberals from the country again in Västerås to liberal parliamentary session. And problem solving are not lacking for Jan Björklund. After the second weakest election results ever last year commutes party now around five percent in opinion.
Among the provincial federations are outwardly strong support for Jan Björklund, shows a round neckline that SvD done. The message is that the focus is now on the political change. But at the grassroots level in the municipalities are party leaders issue very much alive.
Henrik Thorsell, president of the FP in Vellinge, where the party locally gained 14 percent, says the situation for the party is serious and believes that FP failed to lift what people are talking about. He believes that the current party leadership bears “full responsibility” for the state of opinion.
– They need enough renewable, one can express it.
Should FP have a new leader next election ?
– In all probability it is.
Eva Wittbom, Councillor and Leader of the Liberal Party in Täby where the party has the support of every four residents think that the party leaders the question is important.
– Jan Björklund is a great politician and a great leader, but I’m afraid it’s about reaching out to voters. The question is whether he does it. It is full of crisis for the party and I’m distressed.
The FP-mount Painting mean-President Cecilia Festin-Stenlund that the party does not stand or fall with ledarfrågan, while his colleague Paul Carlsson tanum in Bohuslän have a clear answer to the question whether the party should have a new leader in 2018:
– I’ll say yes. Although I think that Jan has done well. He has been a leader in almost eight years. No lasts that long in this media pressure. We must change, but I want that we do not change this fall but later.
Previously it come to the Liberal Party in Östergötland want to see a primary election where candidates against each other. Chairman Lars Karlsson would first see a policy development – then who is best suited to convey the message.
– You can not say automatically mean that the person who sat before is the best for the future, he said.
Even Liberal Youth League supported the idea of primaries for the autumn with multiple candidates. Liberal students go further in terms of ledarfrågan.
– I think you should look at it. When we are in the process of change is ledarfrågan a question that we need to take in, says chairman Hanna Håkansson.
It was previously also known to FP in Sigtuna motioned to the Federal Executive of the party ledarbyte and Elisabeth Mattsson, Chairman of the kungälv, want to see a new party leader.
But all is not convinced of the need for renewal in the party leadership. Anna Starbrink in Stockholm says she believes in the change process led by Bjorklund. Even George Grahn, President of the FP in Dorotea, fifth strongest FP stronghold in the country, maintains the current party leader.
Jan Björklund told myself to SVT other day that he was prepared to continue to lead the party in the election campaign in 2018 .
– Is there anyone who wants to challenge me as party leader should step forward and do it.
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