Sweden Democrats were accused of cheating in a vote on transitional rules for citizenship at the end of April. A former Moderate Party defence minister said opposition parties were correct to make the accusation. He described the Sweden Democrats’ decision to send two MPs who had been agreed to hold back under a pairing agreement as unprecedented in his experience. He said the opposition would have won if all 349 members had been present and if the pairing system had functioned. He characterized the action as deliberate rule violation and sabotage, explaining why opposition parties were extremely angry. He also said he expected the far-right party to break parliamentary conventions and found it difficult to accept his own party’s defense of the actions.
"Over the years, there have been mistakes many times, but this is the first time that a party has deliberately violated the rules."
"If all 349 members had been present, the opposition would have won the vote, and if the pairing system had been functioning, the opposition would have won the vote. This was sabotaged by the Sweden Democrats. So of course, the opposition are extremely angry."
"I don't think the party is fully reliable and they don't fully respect parliamentary rules, and maybe they have a view on democracy that differs from mine."
"I find that very, very hard to accept, obviously, and I disagree with the strategy of the Prime Minister and party leader to go into the autumn election with the aim of building a"
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