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The plan establishes that all people have the right to protection of their personal integrity, that the constitution shall protect freedoms and rights and that crime prevention shall be legally secure. Expanding covert data collection to map who can be suspected — with camera activation in residences — affects an undefined group and conflicts with the presumption of innocence. To reject the expansion and limit the use of surplus information follows from the plan's rule-of-law perspective.

• protection of personal integritydecisive»har rätt till skydd av sin personliga integritet.« (party programme ↗)“have the right to protection of their personal integrity.”
• the presumption of innocence»anses oskyldiga tills motsatsen är bevisad är grundläggande i det.« (party programme ↗)“are presumed innocent until the contrary is proven is fundamental in it.”
• constitutionally protected rights»Grundlagarna ska värna demokratin och människors fri- och« (party programme ↗)“The constitution shall protect democracy and people's freedom and”
• legally secure crime prevention»kunna agera samlat, effektivt och rättssäkert för att förhindra brott« (party programme ↗)“be able to act collectively, effectively and legally securely to prevent crime”

The plan explicitly states that police need more tools, such as better opportunities for wiretapping, and that the fight against crime shall be uncompromising; intelligence capacity shall be developed. Opposing expanded secret data monitoring to investigate who may be suspected of crime goes against that commitment. Privacy protection is a limit in the plan, but does not outweigh here.

• more tools for policedecisive»Polisen behöver också fler verktyg, som bättre möjligheter till avlyssning och husrannsakan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Police also need more tools, such as better opportunities for wiretapping and house searches.”
• uncompromising crime-fighting»Kampen mot kriminaliteten ska vara kompromisslös.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The fight against crime shall be uncompromising.”
• developed intelligence capacity»Vi vill fortsätta internationella samarbeten och utveckla cyberförsvaret och underrättelseförmågan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to continue international cooperation and develop cyber defence and intelligence capacity.”
• personal privacy as limit»Det är samhällets absoluta skyldighet att skydda friheten och den personliga integriteten« (party programme ↗)“It is society's absolute duty to protect freedom and personal privacy”

The plan opposes all laws that constitute disproportionate intrusions on privacy and requires that policy protects people's ability to protect their privacy as surveillance capabilities increase. Crime prevention is important but must not come at the expense of human rights. To oppose extended secret data access against an indefinite group of persons and to limit the use of excess information therefore aligns with the plan.

• no disproportionate privacy intrusionsdecisive»alla lagar som innebär oproportionerliga ingrepp i« (party programme ↗)“all laws that constitute disproportionate intrusions on”
• rights before crime prevention»viktigt men ska inte ske på bekostnad av mänskliga« (party programme ↗)“important but shall not be at the expense of human”
• protect privacy against surveillance»kräver att politiken slår vakt om människors« (party programme ↗)“requires that policy protects people's”
• right to privacy and private life»Vi vill värna människors rätt till integritet och« (party programme ↗)“We want to protect people's right to privacy 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 election manifesto explicitly rejects preventive surveillance and other far-reaching coercive measures and establishes that the rule of law and the individual's rights against the state must be defended. Expanding secret data reading to investigate who may be suspected of a crime, with the ability to activate a camera in someone's home, is precisely such an intrusion against an indeterminate group. The party programme's proportionality requirement means that the plan supports the objection, even though secret data reading is not mentioned as such.

• no to preventive surveillancedecisive»Rättsstaten och individens rättigheter gentemot staten måste försvaras. Vi säger därför nej till visitationszoner, kollektiv bestraffning, omvänd bevisbörda, anonyma vittnen, preventiv avlyssning och inskränkningar av religionsfriheten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The rule of law and the individual's rights against the state must be defended. We therefore reject stop-and-search zones, collective punishment, reversed burden of proof, anonymous witnesses, preventive surveillance, and restrictions on religious freedom.”
• proportionality requirementweak support»All lagstiftning bör prövas mot dess påverkan på människors personliga integritet. Det måste finnas en proportionalitet mellan lagstiftningens inskränkning av medborgarnas integritet och lagarnas syfte.« (party programme ↗)“All legislation should be tested against its impact on people's personal integrity. There must be proportionality between the legislation's restriction of citizens' integrity and the laws' purpose.”
• integrity as a cornerstone»Respekten för den enskildes personliga integritet är en grundsten i varje demokrati.« (party programme ↗)“Respect for the individual's personal integrity is a cornerstone of every democracy.”
• protection in the digital sphere»Vi bejakar ett digitalt samhälle med ett starkt skydd för yttrande- och informationsfrihet« (party programme ↗)“We embrace a digital society with strong protection for freedom of speech and information”

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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 explicitly requires that wiretapping and other secret coercive measures may be used when suspecting more crimes than today and, following court decision, against organised gang members even without concrete suspicion of crime. The counter-proposal's requirement that secret data reading not be expanded to investigating who can be suspected runs directly counter to this commitment. The plan's requirement that breaches of integrity are only justified when the opposing interest weighs manifestly heavier qualifies matters, but the clarification of serious crimes is in the plan precisely such an interest.

• coercive measures without concrete suspiciondecisive»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 may be used both when suspecting more crimes than today and following court decision against organised gang members even without concrete suspicion of crime.”
• more tools for the police»Ge polisen fler verktyg och vapen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give the police more tools and weapons.”
• more efficient crime investigation»Rättsväsendets förmåga och effektivitet behöver förbättras så att« (party programme ↗)“The capacity and efficiency of the justice system needs to be improved so that”
• proportionality requirement»negativt är endast berättigade om ett motstående intresse väger uppenbart tyngre och åtgärden är« (party programme ↗)“negative is only justified if an opposing interest weighs manifestly heavier and the measure is”

The party programme requires that Sweden can meet attacks from international crime and terrorism and that all crimes are effectively investigated, and the election manifesto wants a total review of secrecy rules so that crimes can be cleared up. Expanded secret data interception to investigate who can be suspected is such a tool against encrypted and digital crime. The plan's requirement for great caution with personal integrity sets limits for application, but does not support the counter-proposal's requirement to reject the expansion.

• meet terrorism and crimedecisive»möta angrepp från internationell kriminalitet, terrorism« (party programme ↗)“meet attacks from international crime, terrorism”
• all crimes shall be investigated»Alla brott ska effektivt och utan undantag beivras« (party programme ↗)“All crimes shall be effectively and without exception investigated”
• tools to clear up crimes»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 agencies can share information with each other to prevent and clear up crimes.”
• caution with personal data»försiktighet och respekt för den personliga integriteten« (party programme ↗)“caution and respect for personal integrity”

The plan wants to strengthen the justice system so more crimes are solved and adapt legislation to gang criminality, citing that only one of four gang murders was solved. To restrict secret data access and the use of excess information goes in the opposite direction when crime is digital and encrypted. The plan's demand that integrity be safeguarded speaks for legally secure frameworks, not for restricting the tool.

• more crimes should be solveddecisive»Vi ska rusta upp rättsväsendet för att utreda och klara upp fler brott« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall strengthen the justice system to investigate and solve more crimes”
• legislation adapted against gangs»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 are brought to justice and disappear from the streets.”
• low solve rate must be broken»Under 2020 klarades endast 1 av 4 av alla gängmord upp.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“In 2020, only 1 of 4 of all gang murders were solved.”
• integrity safeguarded»Den personliga integriteten ska värnas« (party programme ↗)“Personal integrity shall be safeguarded”

The plan requires that the justice system gets more effective tools against gang crime and explicitly mentions information gathering, surveillance and wiretapping as means, and that procedural obstacles are removed. It states that few measures are too far-reaching against gangs. The counter-proposal's demand to limit secret data access on privacy grounds therefore conflicts with the plan.

• wiretapping and surveillancedecisive»Åtgärder ska vidtas för att bättre kunna kartlägga gängaktiva genom t.ex. underrättelsearbete och informationsinhämtning, spaning, kameraövervakning och avlyssning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Measures shall be taken to better map gang-active individuals through e.g. intelligence work and information gathering, surveillance, camera surveillance and wiretapping.”
• 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.”
• remove obstacles to prosecution»Processuella hinder för att möjliggöra en ökad lagföring måste också undanröjas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Procedural obstacles to enable increased prosecution must also be removed.”
• uncompromising against gangs»Sverigedemokraterna anser att få politiska åtgärder är för långtgående när det kommer till att pressa tillbaka både de kriminella gängen och den kultur som gör att de får fäste.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats believe that few political measures are too far-reaching when it comes to pressing back both the criminal gangs and the culture that causes them to gain a foothold.”