The Social Democrats demand that PM Nilsson, state secretary to Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M), resign after he lied to the police about his involvement in illegal fishing.
– Incredibly unusual and inappropriate. He has misled the authorities and the police, says Ardalan Shekarabi, the Social Democrats’ legal policy spokesperson.
PM Nilsson has admitted in a post on Facebook that he lied during a conversation with the police shortly before Christmas.
The conversation was about Nilsson’s involvement in eel poaching, where he thus denied that he was guilty of the crime.
After the Christmas weekend, Nilsson is said to have called the police back and confessed. He is punished with daily fines totaling SEK 38,000, writes DN.
Hear Shekarabi (S) commentate on the incident, in the player above.