Social Democratic Party leader Magdalena Andersson announced at a press conference that she would resign as prime minister tomorrow, stating that she accepted the defeat in the elections held on September 11th.
“RESPECT REQUIRES THIS”
“Tomorrow I will request to be removed from my post as Prime Minister. Responsibility will pass to the Assembly and the Speaker of the Assembly. Respect for the Swedish people’s choice and democracy demands it.” said.
Drawing attention to the Ukraine-Russia war, Andersson said, “Given the severity of the war, energy crisis and economic crisis in our immediate region, it is important to form a government quickly. After basically agreeing with the Moderate Conservative Party leader Ulf Kristersson, our door is open to Kritersson to resolve these problems.” he said.
THEY WILL START GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHMENTS
Conservative Party leader Ulf Kristersson said in a statement on his social media account that he will start working on forming a government from tomorrow.
According to the unofficial general election results, right-wing parties received 49.6 percent, while the minority government and ruling left-wing parties received 48.9 percent.
Accordingly, in the 349-seat parliament, right-wing parties won 176 deputies, and left-wing parties won 173 deputies.
It was noteworthy that the far-right Sweden Democrats Party (SD) became the second largest party in the country by increasing its vote rate to 20.6 percent in the elections.
The possibility of forming a bilateral coalition with the Christian Democratic Party of the right bloc led by the Moderate Conservative Party (M) and supporting the Liberal Party and the far-right Sweden Democrats Party from outside came to the fore.
Aftonbladet newspaper claimed that the prime minister of the new government would be Conservative Party leader Ulf Kristersson and that experienced politician Carl Bildt, who had previously served as Foreign Minister in the country for many years, would be appointed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
On the other hand, the Swedish media claimed that the government in question was more interested in the NATO agreement with Turkey and that the possible government was the worst scenario for the supporters of the terrorist organization PKK/YPG.
Right-wing parties won the general and local elections held on Sunday, September 11 in Sweden. (AA)