The Social Democrats Youth Union, SSU claims that they rejected the request to make an anonymous contribution in the contact with Kalla faktas givare. In fact, the federal secretary Diyar Cicek and the press manager Youbert Aziz come up several times with the proposal that the donors of Cold Facts should start a foundation to make it less obvious where the money comes from.
In the Cold Facts program The parties’ secret money, which was published yesterday, we hear hidden recordings of top politicians trying to find ways around the law to receive secret contributions. In total, there are five parties that together propose different methods to round off the law on anonymous contributions, which was created to prevent corruption. The editors have compared what the politicians say openly when they are asked about anonymous contributions with what they say in secret when they are offered millions with the requirement that the donor’s identity be kept secret.
SSU’s union secretary Diyar Cicek and press manager Youbert Aziz also say that they understood that the donor was afraid of the consequences of taking such a clear stand against right-wing extremism and that they therefore understood why he wanted to remain anonymous. In a written response to the editors on August 15, it is stated:
“A recurring theme in addition to possible reprisals from business partners was that his wife had concerns about giving us a grant to keep the Sweden Democrats out of power, if the grant could become public knowledge. In that context, it is a natural interpretation, regardless of whether it was said explicitly or not, that it is about fear of possible threats and hatred from the extreme right in Sweden.”
However, recorded calls, hidden recordings and email conversations with the SSU top brass show something completely different. The giver of cold facts has never mentioned anything about threats from right-wing extremists in conversations and emails.
Sara Recabarren, editor Cold facts
Emilia Berggren Sörlin, Cold facts