MP spokespersons celebrates Mehmet Kaplan’s political work.
– He stands for democratic and anti-racist values, even when it’s the toughest, says Gustav Fridolin.
at the same time they say that the outgoing minister has acted wrongly and that turmoil damaged the Green Party.
Åsa Romson and Gustav Fridolin commented on Monday afternoon, Mehmet Kaplan’s departure.
Kaplan leave because the situation he ended up in the stands in the way of his work as a minister – a reason Romson and Fridolin understands and respects.
– We have had a dialogue with Mehmet and give our support all the way in these discussions. Of course it is extremely difficult for a minister, as Mehmet also landed in, being unable to complete his work as minister. It is also very frustrating, because the questions he had care of something that he, MP and the rest of the government burned for. It is incredibly frustrating situation. In the dialogue we have been supportive and we continue to be supportive of him, says Åsa Romson.
“Would never have gone to dinner”
have Mehmet Kaplan done something wrong?
– Yes, he has, and he has found himself. He would never have gone to this dinner if he knew who was there and the feelings they rightfully provide among people who are prone to nationalism and authoritarian tendencies in Turkey. However, Mehmet, just as the Prime Minister also said, a genuine democrat and humanist. We have worked with him for long. He stands for democratic and anti-racist values even when they are at their toughest, says Fridolin.
Neither Romson or Fridolin knew the statements which Kaplan compared the Israeli actions with Nazism or dinner with the Grey Wolves.
– no, we did not know about them specifically. However, the Mehmet Kaplan had questions and he answered them, ‘says Fridolin.
It damages the strong
Skadar this confidence in MP and the government?
– the picture has been put on Mehmet Kaplan that we would see the light of extremism, racism and anti-Semitism, it damages heavily. Therefore, it is important to Mehmet also made it clear that he, like MP and government repudiation of such groups. The work we will need to continue to build up, we have an incredibly important debate in society about how such groupings, which basically destroys democracy and subjecting people to threats, can be counteracted.
Will the next Minister of Housing to be an ecologist?
– the answer we were not on today. Today we received the news that Mehmet Kaplan chooses to disembark. Now we will of course discuss the questions together as they do in a coalition government based on the basic agreement that we have, says Romson.
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