{"id":172072,"date":"2026-06-10T12:39:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T10:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/?p=172072"},"modified":"2026-06-10T12:39:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T10:39:32","slug":"braak-i-riksdagen-efter-v-avslojandena-aakesson-en-rota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/commotion-in-parliament-after-the-resignation-of-akesson-from-the-rota\/","title":{"rendered":"Commotion in Parliament following the V-revelations \u2013 \u00c5kesson: \u201dA rotten mess\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Expressen\u2019s revelations about the Left Party\u2019s candidates cast a long shadow over Wednesday\u2019s party leader debate. When the issue reached the podium in the Riksdag, Sweden Democrats leader Jimmie \u00c5kesson launched a fierce attack on the Left Party, describing the problems as \u201drot\u201d\u2014while Nooshi Dadgostar later avoided answering new questions from reporters.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Expressen\u2019s investigation into the Left Party\u2019s candidates continues to cause a political stir. Following revelations about, among other things, praise for Hamas and controversial statements about Jews, a total of 25 candidates have withdrawn from the party\u2019s electoral lists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Wednesday <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riksdagen.se\/sv\/webb-tv\/video\/partiledardebatt\/partiledardebatt_hdc120260610pd\/?pos=933&amp;autoplay=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">party leader debate <\/a><\/strong>In Parliament, the issue once again took center stage when the SD leader <strong>Jimmie \u00c5kesson<\/strong> launched a fierce attack on the leadership of the Left Party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u00c5kesson: \u201dA clear pattern\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c5kesson dismissed the notion that this was a matter involving only a few individuals and argued that the revelations point to a larger problem within the party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u2013 The Left Party is riddled with extremists. This isn\u2019t about a few isolated outliers; it\u2019s a clear pattern<\/em>, \"he said,\", <em>Are you blind, or are you naive? If you\u2019re naive\u2014just how naive can you be?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Linked the issue to the government<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the debate, \u00c5kesson also linked the issue to the possibility of a red-green government after the election. He argued that the matter concerns not only the Left Party but also its potential coalition partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u2013 This is a direct threat to Sweden\u2019s security. This reflects poorly on the person who wants to form a government with the Left Party, namely Magdalena Andersson<\/em>, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"sv\" dir=\"ltr\">There is a rot within the Left Party. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YgdgFgDAye\">pic.twitter.com\/YgdgFgDAye<\/a><\/p>- Jimmie \u00c5kesson (@jimmieakesson) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jimmieakesson\/status\/2064626230725316752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Andersson and Dadgostar replied<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The leader of the Social Democratic Party <strong>Magdalena Andersson<\/strong> said she takes the allegations seriously, but also pointed out that the Left Party has taken action in response to the revelations. Excluding them from a government does not appear to be on the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u2013 Anti-Semitism, Islamism, and other forms of extremism have no place in Sweden<\/em>, said Andersson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">V Party leader Nooshi Dadgostar defended the party\u2019s handling of the matter and pointed to the measures taken following the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u2013 It\u2019s important to take action when things like this come to light, and that\u2019s exactly what we\u2019ve done<\/em>, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Dodged questions<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the debate, Dadgostar was confronted by journalists with questions about Expressen\u2019s investigation and the candidates who had been removed from the party\u2019s electoral lists. When asked what she would like to say to Jews in Sweden who feel unsafe, she replied briefly:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u2013 Oh.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When a reporter then asked why she didn\u2019t want to speak with Expressen, the party leader did not respond. According to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/riks.se\/nyheter\/dadgostar-flyr-pressens-fragor-igen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Riks <\/a><\/strong>She then left the scene without answering any further questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"sv\" dir=\"ltr\">Here, Nooshi Dadgostar of Expressen is running away to avoid answering questions about the Left Party being exposed as having over 25 politicians who praise terrorists, celebrate terrorist attacks against Jews, deny the Holocaust, and are homophobic. Stop running away and clean up your party, Nooshi Dadgostar. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EXk3JD7MO0\">pic.twitter.com\/EXk3JD7MO0<\/a><\/p>- Susanna Silfverski\u00f6ld (@susannasilfver) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/susannasilfver\/status\/2064618641111359980?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Expressen\u2019s revelations about V candidates sparked a major row in the Riksdag. \u00c5kesson spoke of a \u201drot\u201d\u2014and Dadgostar dodged questions<\/p>","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":172075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[206,1522,205],"tags":[1322,2007,472,156,159],"class_list":["post-172072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-inrikes","category-mellan","category-nyheter","tag-jimmie-akesson","tag-nooshi-dadgostar","tag-riksdagen","tag-sverigedemokraterna","tag-vansterpartiet"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}