Within the Center Party there is now growing criticism of the party leadership process. There is talk of hot pursuit and smear campaigns between the candidates. And even the selection of who is allowed to take part in the hearings receives harsh criticism. Names of candidates, which the districts put forward, were removed without explanation. Immediately after Annie Lööf announced her resignation, speculation started about who would take over. The Center Party’s housing policy spokesperson Alireza Akondi and EU parliamentarian Emma Wiesner both publicly announced their candidacy as Lööf’s successor. Helena Lindahl is mentioned by many as one of the favorites for the party leader position and was also nominated by, among others, the district in Norrbotten. But when the election committee announced its announcement about who the candidates would be, none of them were there – instead, three other people were presented. “Dirty game” The news has spoken to several sources within the center party who describe a power struggle where representatives of Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist’s phalanx try to smear Daniel Bäckström by, among other things, sending messages to party members who support Bäckström. The journalist and security expert Patrik Oksanen is a centrist and has been contacted in this way. – I think it’s dirty play. I think that the center party should, in any case, try to be the kinder party. These are methods that I associate with leaf other what states do in the information arena. Concealed illegitimate, misleading slander, but also various political actors who are less democratic. So I think it’s regrettable, he says.
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Internal criticism of how C chooses party leaders: “Dirty game”
