Ebba Busch wants to review the rules for who can vote in Swedish elections. She stated that in an interview with the KD leader The evening paper. She believes that the limit needs to be tightened for those who are not Swedish citizens.
At present, anyone who is not a Swedish citizen, but has been registered in Sweden for more than three consecutive years, may vote in municipal and regional elections. It is too short a time, according to the KD leader, who thinks the government should review the rules.
– It would be unwise if we now suddenly get tens of thousands of new Swedish citizens with the strongest passport in the whole world, the Swedish passport, but who do not really share these fundamental values that make Sweden Sweden, Busch said in the interview.
The statement has been criticized, among others by the Green Party, which is now reporting Busch to the Riksdag’s constitutional committee, KU.
The MP believes that the statement is an example of ministerial rule and a violation of the form of government.
– She gets involved in how the Migration Agency should manage the exercise of its authority, and that goes against the form of government, says the Green Party’s member of the justice committee, Rasmus Ling, to Aftonbladet.