Corruption

The plan demands effective monitoring of organised economic crime precisely to prevent it from manifesting as corruption, and points out that criminals have infiltrated the ownership structures of welfare. Coordinated support and sufficient resources to municipalities and regions in that work follow directly from it. The plan also wants to increase insight into companies to prevent fraud.

• monitoring against corruptiondecisive»Det behövs en effektiv uppföljning av den organiserade ekonomiska brottsligheten för att förhindra att den också börjar ta sig uttryck i till exempel korruption eller våld.« (party programme ↗)“There is a need for effective monitoring of organised economic crime to prevent it from also beginning to manifest as for example corruption or violence.”
• criminals in welfare»Privatiseringarna av välfärden öppnar upp för kriminella att sko sig på skattemedel.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Privatisations of welfare open up for criminals to profit from tax revenue.”
• transparency to prevent fraud»Vi vill gå mot en större samhällelig insyn i företag där det behövs för att stävja fusk med till exempel skatter och anställningar.« (party programme ↗)“We want to move towards greater societal insight into companies where needed to prevent fraud with for example taxes and employment.”
• resources to municipalities»Omfördelningen från stat till region och kommun måste öka och särskild hänsyn ska tas till de många kommuner och regioner som idag inte får ihop sin ekonomi samtidigt som de redan har bland landets högsta skatter totalt sett.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Redistribution from state to region and municipality must increase and particular attention shall be paid to the many municipalities and regions that today cannot make ends meet while they already have among the country's highest taxes in total.”

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 establishes that bribes and improper influence are devastating for confidence in democracy and that public bodies and law enforcement authorities have a shared responsibility to prevent such with all their force. Coordinated support with sufficient resources to municipalities and regions against corruption and infiltration is a direct expression of that responsibility, in line with the requirement that welfare crime shall be stopped. The municipal level is not specifically mentioned in the documents.

• shared responsibility against corruptiondecisive»ett gemensamt ansvar att med all kraft förhindra all form av otillbörlig påverkan.« (party programme ↗)“a shared responsibility to prevent all forms of improper influence with all their force.”
• bribes undermine democracy»bestickningar och mutor i syfte att påverka besluten eller genomförandet av dem.« (party programme ↗)“bribes and corrupt payments in order to influence decisions or their implementation.”
• stop welfare crime»Skattefusk, välfärdsbrottslighet och penningtvätt ska stoppas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tax fraud, welfare crime and money laundering shall be stopped.”
• inter-agency cooperation»Sekretesshinder mellan myndigheter ska rivas så att polisen och andra yrkesgrupper kan göra sitt jobb.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Secrecy barriers between authorities shall be removed so that police and other professions can do their job.”

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 all forms of corruption must be combated and wants to strengthen authority cooperation so that authorities can strike against organized crime's activities. Coordinated support and guidance to municipalities and regions against corruption and infiltration is a means for this, and the plan also emphasizes transparency as protection against abuse of power. Municipal support specifically is not mentioned, so the support is derived.

• combat all corruptiondecisive»Alla former av korruption« (party programme ↗)“All forms of corruption”
• authority cooperation against infiltration»stoppa finansieringen av de kriminella gängen genom att stärka myndighetssamverkan så att myndigheterna kan slå till mot den organiserade brottslighetens företag från flera håll« (2022 manifesto ↗)“stop financing of criminal gangs by strengthening authority cooperation so that authorities can strike against organized crime's enterprises from multiple directions”
• transparency against abuse of power»Offentlighetsprincipen och meddelarfriheten måste« (party programme ↗)“The public access principle and freedom of information must”
• scrutiny of power»kunna granska makten.« (party programme ↗)“be able to scrutinize power.”

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 wants to make Sweden even more transparent, establish an anti-corruption authority and sharpen rules against corruption, and states that democratic institutions need protection against external influence and infiltration. The counter-proposal wants to give municipalities and regions coordinated support and guidance in precisely this work. The plan also emphasizes that openness and transparency are basic prerequisites to prevent corruption. The plan therefore supports the requirement.

• stronger anti-corruption workdecisive»Sverige ska bli ännu mer transparent. Vi vill inrätta en antikorruptionsmyndighet, skärpa regler mot korruption och införa ett lobbyregister.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden shall become even more transparent. We want to establish an anti-corruption authority, sharpen rules against corruption and introduce a lobbying register.”
• transparency prevents corruption»Öppenhet och transparens är grundförutsättningar för frihet, demokrati och för att förhindra korruption och övergrepp.« (party programme ↗)“Openness and transparency are basic prerequisites for freedom, democracy and for preventing corruption and abuse.”
• resilience against infiltration»Reglerna för finansiering av politiska partier bör skärpas och deras motståndskraft mot yttre påverkan och infiltration rustas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Rules for financing of political parties should be sharpened and their resilience against external influence and infiltration strengthened.”
• protect democratic institutions»Våra demokratiska institutioner behöver skydd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Our democratic institutions need protection.”

The plan establishes that much more must be done against extremist environments and separatists gaining a foothold in publicly funded activities, and that public employees shall be protected against pressure and persecution. Coordinated support to municipalities and regions against corruption and infiltration serves that commitment directly. The plan's requirement for a strengthened rule of law points in the same direction.

• stop infiltration of the publicdecisive»När Säpo säger att flera organisationer från extremistmiljöer finansieras av skattepengar måste mycket mer göras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“When the Security Police say that several organizations from extremist environments are financed by tax money much more must be done.”
• protection of public employees»Socialsekreterare och andra offentliganställda ska skyddas mot förföljelse och utsatthet genom att ett nytt brott – tjänstemannaförföljelse – införs.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Social workers and other public employees shall be protected against persecution and vulnerability by introducing a new crime – official persecution.”
• strengthened rule of law»Rättsstaten ska stärkas.« (party programme ↗)“The rule of law shall be strengthened.”
• strengthened monitoring of grants»Vi vill både stärka uppföljningen av bidragsgivning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want both to strengthen the monitoring of grant-giving”

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 a complete review of secrecy rules so that authorities can share information to prevent and solve crimes, which is the core of work against infiltration. It also requires that all crimes are prosecuted effectively and highlights honesty as a core social value. Coordinated state support to municipalities and regions aligns with this.

• authority cooperation against crimedecisive»Total översyn av sekretessreglerna, så att myndigheter kan dela uppgifter mellan sig för att förebygga och klara upp brott.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Complete review of secrecy rules, so that authorities can share information between them to prevent and solve crimes.”
• all crimes shall be prosecuted»Alla brott ska effektivt och utan undantag beivras, också sådana som kan avfärdas som smärre brott« (party programme ↗)“All crimes shall be effectively and without exception prosecuted, also such that may be dismissed as minor crimes”
• honesty as a social value»Vi når dit genom att i vår demokrati främja goda värden som medmänsklighet ansvarstagande, förvaltarskap, hederlighet, måttfullhet och jämställdhet och.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We reach there by in our democracy promoting good values such as compassion responsibility, stewardship, honesty, moderation and equality and.”
• means against abuse of power»Det måste finnas effektiva medel mot maktmiss« (party programme ↗)“There must be effective means against abuse of power”

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 counter-proposal requires coordinated support and guidance to municipalities and regions in the work against corruption and criminal infiltration. The plan sees criminal structures with ambitions to compete with the state for control as a threat to be fought, wants to strengthen civil service accountability so that responsibility accompanies all public administration, and states that public waste in all forms shall be combated. The plan therefore supports the demand.

• strengthened civil service accountabilitydecisive»Skärpa tjänstemannaansvaret så att du som skattebetalare vet att med all offentlig maktutövning följer ett ansvar för de beslut som fattas« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen civil service accountability so that you as a taxpayer know that with all public administration comes responsibility for the decisions taken”
• counteract criminal infiltration»som har ett omfattande våldskapital och uttalade ambitioner att konkurrera med den svenska staten om kontrollen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“who have extensive violent capital and stated ambitions to compete with the Swedish state for control”
• respect for public funds»Offentligt slöseri i alla former ska bekämpas.« (party programme ↗)“Public waste in all forms shall be combated.”
• rule-based administration»All offentlig maktutövning ska vara lagstyrd och vägledas av« (party programme ↗)“All public administration shall be rule-based and guided by”

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 states that clans, organized crime and Islamists are infiltrating state organs and that this is a growing threat to the democratic model, and wants to counteract the power of clans both within the public sector and within civil society. Municipalities and regions are exactly the levels where infiltration occurs, so coordinated support and guidance there aligns with the plan. The plan also demands that fraud and corruption-promoting systems be counteracted and that official responsibility be reintroduced.

• counteract clan power in the public sectordecisive»Motverka klanernas makt, både inom det offentliga och inom civilsamhället« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Counteract the power of clans, both within the public sector and within civil society”
• infiltration as a democratic threat»Att klaner, organiserad brottslighet och islamister infiltrerar samhällsorgan är ett växande hot mot den demokratiska modellen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“That clans, organized crime and Islamists are infiltrating state organs is a growing threat to the democratic model.”
• counteract corruption»Både fusk och sådana system som tenderar att locka till fusk och korruption ska motverkas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Both fraud and systems that tend to encourage fraud and corruption should be counteracted.”
• official responsibility»Återinför tjänstemannaansvaret« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reintroduce official responsibility”

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.