Secrecy for Detention Decisions

The plan counts public access to official records as one of political democracy's most important building blocks and guards the rule of law's fundamental principles and the right to insight and scrutiny of those in power. The counter-proposal wants to investigate secrecy for detention decisions in absentia, namely a restriction of public access motivated by crime prevention. The plan provides no support for such restriction and therefore speaks against the demand.

• public access to official records as democracy foundationdecisive»föreningsfriheten, yttrande- och tryckfriheten, offentlighetsprincipen« (party programme ↗)“freedom of association, freedom of expression and freedom of the press, public access to official records”
• rule of law principles protected»personliga integriteten och fundamentala principer i en rättsstat.« (party programme ↗)“personal integrity and fundamental principles of a rule of law.”
• insight and scrutiny of power»den omistliga rätten att organisera opposition, delta i offentlig debatt, granska makthavarna« (party programme ↗)“the inalienable right to organize opposition, participate in public debate, scrutinize those in power”

The election manifesto commits to giving the police more tools and hitting hard against organized crime's organization, and establishes that the fight against crime shall be uncompromising. The counter-proposal only requests a review of confidentiality in detention in absentia for serious crimes, with explicit balancing against the principle of public access that the plan also values. The plan therefore supports the demand.

• more tools against serious crimedecisive»Polisen behöver också fler verktyg, som bättre möjligheter till avlyssning och husrannsakan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The police also need more tools, such as better opportunities for wiretapping and house searches.”
• strike against organized crime»Slå hårt mot den organiserade brottslighetens finansiering och organisation.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Hit hard against organized crime's financing and organization.”
• uncompromising crime-fighting»Kampen mot kriminaliteten ska vara kompromisslös.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The fight against crime shall be uncompromising.”
• principle of public access as a counterweight»Den demokratiska processen och samhällsförvaltningen måste bygga på offentlighet och« (party programme ↗)“The democratic process and public administration must be built on public access and”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The party programme requires good public oversight of all judicial and legal administration and that the principle of transparency be protected and strengthened. To keep detention orders made in absentia confidential restricts precisely that oversight. The plan certainly wants to give legal administration authorities the tools required against crime, but oversight of the judiciary is the stated commitment.

• oversight of the judiciarydecisive»Det ska finnas god medborgerlig insyn i all rättskipande och rättsvårdande verksamhet« (party programme ↗)“There must be good public oversight of all judicial and legal administration”
• protected principle of transparency»Offentlighetsprincipen och meddelarfriheten måste värnas och stärkas.« (party programme ↗)“The principle of transparency and freedom of expression must be protected and strengthened.”
• tools against crime»Rättssäkerheten ska tryggas samtidigt som de rättsvårdande myndigheterna ska ges de verktyg som krävs för att bekämpa kriminaliteten och öka tryggheten i samhället.« (party programme ↗)“Legal security shall be ensured while legal administration authorities shall be given the tools required to combat crime and increase safety in society.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan requires that society does not yield to gangs and that more crimes are solved, with more resources to the entire judicial chain and stricter sentences. A review of the possibility of classifying detention decisions in absentia aims precisely at enabling more suspects to be prosecuted. Moreover, the counter-proposal makes an explicit balance against the principle of public access, which the plan values, which is why the support is derived and cautious.

• defeat serious crimedecisive»Samhället ska inte vika sig för gängen. För att besegra dem krävs bättre insatser som förebygger nyrekrytering, mer resurser till polis, åklagare, domstolar och kriminalvården och strängare straff. Dessutom bör en utredning om gängens inkomster och hur dessa kan strypas genomföras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Society should not yield to gangs. To defeat them, better initiatives are needed to prevent recruitment, more resources for police, prosecutors, courts and prisons and stricter sentences. Moreover, an investigation into gangs' income and how it can be stopped should be conducted.”
• more solved crimes»Tryggheten ska förbättras i hela landet och fler brott som drabbar folk i deras vardag ska klaras upp.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Security should be improved throughout the country and more crimes that affect people in their daily lives should be solved.”
• deterrent criminal policy»Kriminalpolitiken ska därför både förebygga och avskräcka från brott, stödja brottsdrabbade och stimulera dem som har begått olagliga handlingar till en ny livssituation utan brottslighet.« (party programme ↗)“Criminal policy should therefore both prevent and deter crime, support crime victims and encourage those who have committed illegal acts to a new situation without crime.”
• protect public access and press freedom»För oss är de grundlagsskyddade fri- och rättigheterna, som exempelvis yttrande-, tryck- och meddelarfrihet, självklara och ska garanteras.« (party programme ↗)“For us, the constitutionally protected freedoms and rights, such as freedom of speech, press and disclosure, are self-evident and should be guaranteed.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan requires that more gang criminals are sentenced and kept locked up longer and that the rule of law is strengthened, and explicitly accepts far-reaching secret coercive measures against organized crime when it increases the possibility of prosecution. A review of confidentiality for remand decisions in absence in serious crimes is a means of the same kind. However, the weight of the public access principle in the plan means that the balancing the counter-proposal calls for is necessary.

• more serious crimes shall be prosecuteddecisive»Nu behövs en politik från partier som både ser till att färre unga blir gängkriminella och att fler gängkriminella döms till fängelse och hålls inlåsta längre.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Now we need a policy from parties that both ensures that fewer young people become gang criminals and that more gang criminals are sentenced to prison and kept locked up longer.”
• expanded investigative tools»Avlyssning och andra hemliga tvångsmedel ska kunna användas både vid misstanke om fler brott än i dag och efter domstolsbeslut mot organiserade gängmedlemmar även utan konkret brottsmisstanke.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Wiretapping and other secret coercive measures shall be able to be used both on suspicion of more crimes than today and by court decision against organized gang members even without concrete criminal suspicion.”
• strengthened rule of law»Rättsstaten ska stärkas.« (party programme ↗)“The rule of law shall be strengthened.”
• weight of the public access principle»Offentlighetsprincipen har en grundläggande betydelse för att förankra och fördjupa folkstyret,« (party programme ↗)“The public access principle has a fundamental importance for anchoring and deepening popular rule,”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The election manifesto requires a total review of secrecy rules with the aim to prevent and clear up crimes, and the plan accepts that publicity may yield to law enforcement, most clearly in the proposal on anonymous witnesses. The counter-proposal requests just such a review of secrecy in detention in absentia, with balancing against the principle of publicity. That the secrecy option according to the party programme shall be used restrictively limits the outcome but does not prevent the question from being tested.

• review of secrecy rulesdecisive»Total översyn av sekretessreglerna, så att myndigheter kan dela uppgifter mellan sig för att förebygga och klara upp brott.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Total review of secrecy rules, so that authorities can share information with each other to prevent and clear up crimes”
• publicity must yield to law enforcement»Inför anonyma vittnen. Det finns i flera andra länder och har bidragit till fler fällande domar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce anonymous witnesses. It exists in several other countries and has contributed to more convictions”
• swift prosecution of perpetrators»med fasthet och förövare av brott ska skyndsamt lagföras.« (party programme ↗)“with firmness and perpetrators of crimes shall be quickly prosecuted”
• restrictive use of secrecy»Sekretessmöjligheten ska nyttjas restriktivt.« (party programme ↗)“The secrecy option shall be used restrictively”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan establishes that legislation shall be adapted so that more gang criminals face justice and disappear from the streets, and it wants to expand detention options through a lowered threshold for mandatory detention. A review of confidentiality for detention decisions in absentia aims precisely to increase prosecution of suspects and thereby aligns with the plan's commitments on a justice system that clears up more serious crimes.

• adapted legislation against gangsdecisive»Gängen är Sveriges inhemska terrorister – och lagstiftningen måste anpassas därefter så att fler ställs till svars och försvinner från gatan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Gangs are Sweden's domestic terrorists – and legislation must be adapted accordingly so that more face justice and disappear from the streets.”
• expanded detention»• Sänka gränsen för obligatorisk häktning så att den gäller misstänkta för brott med ett straffvärde på minst ett års fängelse, inte två års fängelse som idag« (2022 manifesto ↗)“• Lower the threshold for mandatory detention so that it applies to suspects for crimes with a sentence value of at least one year's imprisonment, not two years' imprisonment as today”
• more convictions»• Satsa på fler åklagare så att fler brott kan leda till fällande dom« (2022 manifesto ↗)“• Invest in more prosecutors so that more crimes can lead to convictions”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan demands that procedural obstacles to increased prosecution are removed and that the justice system's tools for detecting and prosecuting criminals are improved. The counter-proposal's demand for a review of the possibility to keep detention orders confidential in absentia for serious crimes aims precisely at increased prosecution. The plan therefore supports the demand.

• remove obstacles to prosecutiondecisive»Processuella hinder för att möjliggöra en ökad lagföring måste också undanröjas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Procedural obstacles for enabling increased prosecution must also be removed.”
• better tools for prosecution»Rättsväsendets samverkan mellan myndigheter och verktyg för att upptäcka och lagföra kriminella ska förbättras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The justice system's cooperation between authorities and tools for detecting and prosecuting criminals shall be improved.”
• effective tools against gang crime»Framförallt behöver rättsväsendet få mer effektiva verktyg för att bekämpa gängbrott.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Above all, the justice system needs more effective tools to combat gang crime.”
• all crimes must be investigated»Utgångspunkten bör vara att alla brott, även sådana som inte skapar rubriker, ska utredas och att polisen ska finnas nära i hela Sverige.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The starting point should be that all crimes, even those that do not make headlines, shall be investigated and that the police shall be present throughout Sweden.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.