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The vice president of the center, Fredrick Federley, learned in September that his relatives had been convicted of serious sexual crimes.
But the party was not informed until last week.
According to Aftonbladet, the EU MP attended a meeting with the Swedish Prison and Probation Service and the convict in September.
As an elected representative, you should always be very careful in your private contacts with authorities, as there is a risk that you will be perceived as acting in the role of politician, Center Party party secretary Michael Arthursson writes to Aftonbladet.
Fredrick Federley announced last week that he will be taking a break from politics. This after it was discovered that a close relative of hers had been convicted of aggravated rape of a minor 22 times, as well as other sexual crimes against minors.
“The crimes he has committed are frankly terrible, unspeakable and completely unforgivable. We have now gone our separate ways, “Federley wrote in a comment on Facebook last week.
He added that he feels very bad and cannot concentrate on his political mission.
Yesterday, Center Party party secretary Michael Arthursson said the relationship was not known until last week and that trust in Federley was now damaged.
In a text message to SVT, Arthursson wrote that “he has known about this for a long time” and that this has “damaged trust in him.”
Photo: JERKER IVARSSON
Fredrick Federley.
Reunion in September
The related man was convicted in 2014 and has served his sentence. According to information from Aftonbladet, Federley already participated in a meeting with the Swedish Prison and Probation Service and the man in September, something that Expressen has also reported. The purpose was to inform the man of the authority’s decision to inform others in his neighborhood of the crimes he had committed. This is because it is a crime against children.
According to information from Aftonbladet, Federley attended the meeting because the man wanted him to attend. There he is also said to have received information about the man’s criminal record. A source claims that Federley was very upset during the meeting with the Swedish Prison and Probation Service.
It is said that he pointed out that he is an important person and that the decision to inform others about the man’s crimes could harm him, this because he moves in public.
In the days after the reunion, the relative and Federley must have gone their separate ways.
Photo: PONTUS LUNDAHL / TT
Annie Lööf and Fredrick Federley at the 2019 Center Party electoral vigil.
The Center Party takes information seriously
According to the information, the Swedish Prison and Probation Service during the meeting must have perceived that Federley was trying to influence the authority.
The leadership of the Center party takes the information seriously.
As an elected representative, you should always be very careful in your private contacts with the authorities, as there is a risk that you will be perceived as acting in the role of politician, says party secretary Michael Arthursson in a written comment to Aftonbladet.
He continues:
– Regarding his mental illness, it is difficult to have in-depth conversations with him at this time, but Fredrick Federley claims that he did not exert pressure, but wanted to give the authority correct information. But it is quite serious if the authorities have been able to perceive this as political pressure.
Fredrick Federley did not want to be interviewed.
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