MP spokespersons: “We are ready to hand over” – Aftonbladet

Now break Green Party spokesperson the last days of silence.

Gustav Fridolin and Åsa Romson want to continue to lead the party forward – but upon the forthcoming Congress to reconsider their leadership.

– We are prepared to hand over the responsibility of the Nomination Committee finds someone else to do it better, says Fridolin.

the turbulence is great in the Green Party . The past week Housing Minister Mehmet Kaplan had to leave the government, the candidate for the party yasri khan has dropped out of his candidacy and the party’s crisis management has been sharply criticized.

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Meanwhile, the resignation demands made against the two spokespersons Åsa Romson, Environment, and Gustav Fridolin, Minister of Education. This after Romson in connection with the crisis called the September 11 terror of “accidents” and Fridolin ruled that he did not understand that so many women felt offended by that Khan refused to take them in hand.

After a few days of silence broke Åsa Romson and Gustav Fridolin today the silence in a flash summoned press conference and announced that they would continue to lead the party through the crisis they now find themselves.

at the same time emphasizes the spokesmen that this requires a strong mandate from his own party and therefore calls now Nomination Committee to open the process of leadership for the MP Congress May 13 to 15 The nominating committee presented its proposals to Congress, and suggested that spokespersons should remain, even for a couple of months ago. It is this process spokespersons now want to be redone.

– We want to take the leadership, but we see that the party needs a fresh start and we therefore need to have a discussion in the party so that Congress can give us a strong mandate to lead the work forward, with strengthened policies and with a tested leadership, says Åsa Romson.

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This means that the spokespersons will place their resignation. If someone challenges them and the committee finds that someone else would do the job better, they are ready to leave their posts as spokesperson. If not then they sit there.

– We do not leave, we want to continue but we need a strengthened mandate to continue. And therefore, we have asked the Election Committee to open up the process, says Fridolin.

Language tubes did not say whether they can remain as a cabinet minister in the government if they would have to leave his duties as spokesperson. They concluded that it is the Prime Minister Stefan Löfven (S) decides.

According Romson and Fridolin be the Green Party also strengthen its policy forward.

– The party stands secure in its values, party tightens policy and environmental issues should be getting the place on the agenda that they deserve. The party will emerge stronger from this crisis, says Fridolin.

The text is updated

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