photo: Erik Nylander / TT / TT News Agency
A large press corps had taken to the Environmental Party Office at Slussen in Stockholm to hear the announcement from the Party Election Committee on Monday.
A few minutes after the bell 13 came the news: Åsa Romson poked from the mouthpiece record in favor of ministerial colleague Isabella Lövin – and Gustav Fridolin is left, according to the committee’s proposal.
the sound of clattering cameras announced Joakim Larsson, convener of the committee, that decision is based on numerous conversations with ecologists all over the country and at EU level.
– this is all several hundred people who have given their views during this process, he said.
the Election Committee explained that the talks proved that Lövin and Fridolin are the people who “have the strongest support, and has the best ability to lead as spokesperson “.
Isabella Lövin, today Development Cooperation, said as recently as Wednesday last week that she is not a candidate to voice mail, but would also not say how she would react to a request from the Nomination Committee. Lövin says she was asked by the Nomination Committee until Sunday.
– At first I was a little paralyzed, I was about to say. I needed to think very carefully. It is clear that this is not a facile task. You do not do this because it’s easy. You do this because you have to, or because you think it is important, she said to SvD.
You’ve worked a lot with a focus on international issues. Now you’ll be a general politician. How do you see it?
– It will be a challenge and there is nothing I hymlar with. However, I can say that my confidence in terms of learning the details of new issues has grown very significantly in recent years, when I have put myself into the new policy.
The Nominating Committee also announced the current spokesperson Romson withdrawn his candidacy. Shortly after the press conference explained Romson that she will also leave the government.
– There are the elect spokespersons who have to shape their team and ensure that you can continue working in the best way the government says Romson TT .
during the press conference reiterated Fridolin that he is self-critical about their own actions during the Kaplan deal and that the party now needs a fresh start.
– You go on the setback small party in a minority government, it is the policy conditions. Then people feel secure that when we run into an obstacle, we find other paths to the goal, he said to SvD.
Monday’s statement came after several weeks of speculation, internal criticism and disastrous poll ratings for the Green Party. Kaplan transaction gave rise to a reaction chain that led to the spokespersons Fridolin and Romson April 25 announced that they declared their seats available, but that they wanted to continue.
Several heavy ecologists have since demanded Romsons departure. The Green Party of Norrbotten was the only district that openly demanded that both languages pipes would be replaced.
The reactions from within the party was cautious Monday. Several party district welcomes the announcement from the Committee, while the outspoken parliamentarian Jabar Amin (MP) says that petningen of Romson not match the party’s feminist profile.
– You sacrifice the woman but retains the man, he said.
Amin may opposed by Magda Rasmusson, former spokesperson for the Green youth, who says that the mouthpiece prey based on Romsons low confidence, and therefore can not be called anti-feminist.
the choice of mouthpieces will take place on Friday, when the Green Party initiates its congress in Karlstad. When will the nearly 300 delegates to vote on the committee’s proposal.
It is not yet is not clear who will succeed Romson as Environment Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. It is also unclear whether Lövin will continue as Minister for Development Cooperation if she is elected to the new spokesperson for the Green Party.
At a press conference on Monday afternoon declared the Prime Minister Stefan Löfven (S) he has “full understanding” of Romsons notice if she leaves the government. Since Housing Minister Mehmet Kaplan (Green Party) announced his resignation has Löfven announced a government reshuffle is in the works, but he still will not give more details than that.
The news about the government reshuffle comes after the Green Party convention this weekend.
– I will not take more time with me than necessary, but I will do it well thought out, carefully, said Löfven during the press conference.
crisis in the Green party
april 14: It appears that housing Minister Mehmet Kaplan (Green Party) summer 2015 remained at a dinner with leaders from the extreme right-wing group Grey wolves.
on april 18: Kaplan resigned as a minister.
april 20: ‘party candidate yasri khan (MP) refuses to take a female reporter in hand. Khan leaves his political mission for criticism.
April 25: Gustav Fridolin and Åsa Romson announced at a press conference that they would continue as the spokesperson, but they asked the Election Committee to open up the preparation process for the Congress in May. Around the same time shows several opinion polls on the loss of confidence in the spokesmen and the record-low support for the party.
May 9: The party’s election committee proposes that the Development Cooperation Isabella Lövin (MP) replaces Romson as spokesperson. Romson announces that she resigns as Minister.
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