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Politics is based on trust, understood that
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Politics is a trusted industry.
Fredrick Federley’s trust is badly damaged.
So he does the only thing possible: quit politics
In such contexts, the difference between coercion and voluntariness is always subtle.
Downtown party states that Fredrick Federley comes out of politics without any pressure, he has made the difficult decision himself.
But both the leader of the Center party, Annie Lööf, and the party secretary, Michael Arthursson, say the decision is “wise.” I’d say this means they had at least one finger in the game.
Fredrick Federley is one of Main representative of the Center Party. He has been president of the Center’s youth union, Cuf, has been a member of the Riksdag for eight years and has been a member of the European Parliament since 2014.
He is also the second vice president of his party and has been close to Annie Lööf since she was in Cuf, where she was vice president, and they both stood against the party line in the fiery battle for the FRA law, the law that grants the station radio station of the Armed Forces the right to signal surveillance in cable telecommunications. in a notorious uprising against the party whip.
What brought Federley down is not a whole simple story. A relative of Fredrick Federley has committed several serious sexual crimes against children. He was sentenced to a longer prison term in 2014.
Of course, Federley cannot be held responsible for crimes committed by close relatives before, as far as is known, that they met.
Photo: Björn Lindahl
Fredrick Federley.
But at least in September, possibly previously, Federley learned of the related party’s criminal record. Although he should have understood that it was sensitive, he did not inform the rest of the party leadership until the end of November, in relation to the news that came to light in the media. He sealed his fate.
Federley has not stuck to the truth either. He said he immediately broke up with the relative when he learned of his background.
However, he did not do it. In several On several occasions, the family member helped produce Federley’s weekly Facebook show “Friday with Fredrick.”
Politics is a trusted industry. Fredrik Federley’s trust eroded, not only because of the relationship with the relative. But also because he obviously did not understand that it could be problematic for him, but also for the Center.
That was also what Michael Arthursson did and Annie Lööf said in her first statements. Trust in Federley was damaged.
Therefore, it was only a matter of time before he threw in the towel.
You might think that the word choice of Federley’s “superior” sounds awkward. But in politics there are code words. In this context, damaged trust is a very serious word choice. Federley’s future looked bleak now that the political part is over. At least until further notice.
In the European Parliament, Fredrick Federley is replaced by Emma Wiesner, 28, an engineer. As second vice president, he will not be replaced until the Center Party meeting in September next year.
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