Now it is clear that it will be Emanuel Ksiazkiewicz (S) who will be the new KS chairman in Botkyrka. At the Social Democrats in Botkyrka’s annual meeting earlier in March, Emanuel Ksiazkiewicz won the vote against former leader Ebba Östlin and was elected as the new S leader in the municipality.
Silent protest
About half of the regular Social Democrats chose not to attend Thursday’s municipal council meeting in protest against the election of Emanuel Ksiazkiewicz as the new S leader, according to several highly placed S sources that SVT spoke to. There are so many absent members that the substitutes are not enough.
At the Social Democrats in Botkyrka’s annual meeting earlier in March, Emanuel Ksiazkiewicz won the vote against former leader Ebba Östlin and was elected as the new S leader in the municipality. And at the municipal council meeting on Thursday evening, he was elected chairman of the municipal board.
Infected conflict
Former KS chairman Ebba Östlin (S) was elected by her party mates at the end of January and since then an infected battle has been going on between two phalanxes within S in Botkyrka. Accusations of links to gang criminals, coup attempts and poor leadership have
Those who stood behind Ebba Östlin in the conflict within the party have claimed that she was deposed in a coup-like manner and that it is based on the fact that she was involved in stopping ABF in the municipality from running leisure centers after a report on serious abuses there. Her supporters have also alleged that she was ousted with the help of people with links to gang crime.
Those who voted Östlin down have dismissed it and instead refer to criticism of her leadership style and that she no longer has the confidence of the majority.