Kris Spirit MP wants to tighten up the party – Swedish Dagbladet

Photo: Lars Pehrson

today is the Green party teleconference after last week’s crisis within the party. Yesterday wrote Etelka Huber, Mayor of Nässjö, an open letter in which she demanded spokespersons Gustav Fridolin and Åsa Romson departure.

– It is not we who work at the grassroots level who have made mistakes. We know our values. There are those at the top who had problems with the values, she says to Swedish Television News.

Even from the party’s local branch in Angelholm, similar criticism. In a letter addressed to the party leadership accuse the party of being controlled from the top.

MP’s party secretary Anders Wallner responds to criticism in a written comment. “Our voice has broad support in the Green Party. Asa and Gustav in his letter to the members clearly expressed the values ​​that should permeate the party’s work. Now we gather ourselves and forward through a continuous dialogue with our members, “he writes to SVT News.

Karl-Otto Rosenqvist, representing MP in Ängelholm’s city council, is not satisfied with the answer:” There Interestingly, the party secretary goes out and says that language tubes have broad support in the party. Has he asked us around the country? “

– The most serious is to MP’s fundamental values ​​have been challenged. It has not become clear to the public what the Green Party stands for, when we actually have a very clear

ideology, says Fredrik Hanell, district of MP in southern Sweden, to TT.

He particularly pointed out the handling of the case of the party executive candidate yasri khan, who defected to the attention that he did not shake hands with women.

– there has not been from the Party been able to take this goal conflict when it comes to diversity and equality – it is a problem that more of our representatives have pointed to and that we have to discuss, says Hanell.

– from the MP, we are clear that we are a feminist party. Then we can not accept that men and women are treated differently.

Fredrik Hanell is one of the district and other local representatives participating in the conference call that the party convened in the afternoon. Another is the district chairman in Uppsala, Robert Damberg.

In addition to a more direct communication with the exterior, he is calling a tightening of the organization.

– We need to improve training for our members, to make it clear what we stand for, but also to take responsibility for those who come in are trained in political craft.