KD-profile celebrity lawyer Peter Althin told SvD that he could jump off the lot if Ebba Busch Thor elected on Saturday and that he is concerned about a right rotation of the party.
By the party leadership candidate Penilla Gunther also looks to the future with concern about a step towards the right politically for the party.
But former party leader Svensson, who led The Christian Democrats for 31 years, tones down the internal contradictions.
– You should stop and harping on the left and right and instead be Christian Democrats. Just look at the most powerful Christian Democratic Party in Europe in Germany. There must be a strong social commitment, it must KD speak for. At the same time, we must ensure that we are not controlled by the state, he says to SvD.
How would you describe the party’s ideological development now?
– I think people sprinkle epithets and concepts around him. It is clear that there are those who want to strengthen the defense, that I am too. But it does not characterize as a right rotation, it is about common sense.
But many within the party talking about the risks of a right rotation?
– The there are always those who see risks, because then you become more journalistically interesting. I think you should look at the possibilities. Ebba Busch Thor is not a tin soldier, she will take an impression.
What are you thinking about Peter Althin says he might jump off?
– Yes, he does not do, I must speak with him. It’s a lovely sociable person who the party can not do without.
I honestly think Ebba Busch Thor is a very good communicator and has a strong charisma, but she will not do it alone.
Alf Svensson, former KD-leader
Svensson has great faith in Ebba Busch Thor elected as party leader on Saturday.
– I honestly think Ebba Busch Thor is a very good communicator and has a strong charisma, but she will not do it alone. Parliamentary group needs to wake up and get moving and then have to KD find their own unique arguments. If a party can not show on their uniqueness so it is not necessary, he said.
– This applies for example to hammer out that it is not the state or the Liberal Party who decides how to arrange their child care. There is also such a cardinal issue. It should not call themselves liberal who will dictate childcare to families.
Svensson emphasizes again how he did not think that the right and left issue is interesting.
– You’re talking about this or that direction, but one forgets that it is the members of Vaggeryd, Tomelilla and Korpilombolo to feel that you listened to. I think Ebba Busch Thor will listen. She excites people and has a strong charisma. But alone is not strong.
The Nomination Committee suggested that Emma Henriksson and the former party leader candidate James Forssmed elected to the Presidium of the party around Ebba Busch Thor.
– It will be a very good team around Ebba. Jacob Forssmed is an honorable man with a solid background who knows what he is talking about.
Svensson do not notice a big concern within the party, but the situation must be taken seriously.
– Something must happen. It applies to the entire Alliance, and all alliance parties. It’s lull in Swedish politics. For our whichever I am fully convinced of the need to revive the organization. Unable to run lots from Stockholm if I put it pointedly.
The internal political discussion is important, says Svensson.
– It is very important that there be a debate and questioning. It will not do if you think you can just wood wild strawberry on a straw, no one has a monopoly on truth.
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