Preventive Coercive Measures to Prevent and Hinder Serious Crimes

The party programme states that all people have the right to protection of their personal integrity and that the presumption of innocence is fundamental in the justice system. Secret room surveillance and house searches before any investigation has begun are directed at people who are not suspected of crime and violate both these principles. The election manifesto also rejects repression being put forward as a solution instead of addressing the causes of crime.

• 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 proven guilty is fundamental in the”
• repression does not solve crime»Alltför ofta lyfts repression och hårdare tag upp som lösningar istället för att ta itu med problemen på allvar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Too often repression and tougher approaches are put forward as solutions instead of seriously addressing the problems.”
• legal security and oversight»Rättssäkerheten behöver upprätthållas genom rättshjälp, medborgerlig« (party programme ↗)“Security must be maintained through legal aid, citizen”

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 the police be given more tools, such as better opportunities for wiretapping and house searches, and that the fight against crime be uncompromising. The counter-proposal wants to reject precisely the expanded preventive coercive measures, which goes against that commitment. The party programme's protection of personal integrity is a counterweight but does not outweigh the manifesto's sharp demands for more tools.

• more tools for policedecisive»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.”
• uncompromising crime-fighting»Kampen mot kriminaliteten ska vara kompromisslös.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The fight against crime shall be uncompromising.”
• removed secrecy barriers»Sekretesshinder mellan myndigheter ska rivas så att polisen och andra yrkesgrupper kan göra sitt jobb.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Barriers to secrecy between agencies shall be removed so that the police and other professions can do their job.”
• protection of personal integrity»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 integrity”

The party programme states that the party opposes all legislation that involves disproportionate interference with privacy and that crime prevention must not occur at the expense of human rights. Secret room surveillance and house searches for preventive purposes before an investigation is initiated are precisely the type of intervention the plan requires politics to resist, which supports that these provisions be rejected. That the plan at the same time wants to give the judiciary tools against organized crime constitutes a counterweight.

• no to disproportionate interferencedecisive»Vi motsätter oss alla lagar som innebär oproportionerliga ingrepp i integriteten.« (party programme ↗)“We oppose all legislation that involves disproportionate interference with privacy.”
• crime prevention within human rights framework»Brotts- och terrorbekämpning är viktigt men ska inte ske på bekostnad av mänskliga rättigheter.« (party programme ↗)“Crime and terrorism prevention is important but must not occur at the expense of human rights.”
• democratic means»Demokratin måste försvaras med demokratiska medel.« (party programme ↗)“Democracy must be defended with democratic means.”
• protect privacy and private life»Vi vill värna människors rätt till integritet och privatliv.« (party programme ↗)“We want to protect people's right to privacy and private life.”

The election manifesto explicitly says no to preventive wiretapping and establishes that the rule of law and the individual's rights against the state must be defended. The party programme requires that all legislation be tested against its impact on personal privacy and that the restriction is proportional to the purpose. The counter-proposal's demand to reject precisely secret room wiretapping and house search before preliminary investigation has started is therefore the plan's position, even though the party otherwise wants to give police more resources and harsher sentences.

• no to preventive wiretappingdecisive»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 say no to search zones, collective punishment, reversed burden of proof, anonymous witnesses, preventive wiretapping and restrictions on freedom of religion.”
• proportionality for privacyweak 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 privacy. There must be proportionality between legislation's restriction of citizens' privacy and the laws' purpose.”
• strong privacy protection»Ett starkt integritetsskydd är därför en omistlig del av ett öppet och demokratiskt samhälle.« (party programme ↗)“Strong privacy protection is therefore an irreplaceable part of an open and democratic society.”
• action against gangs»För att besegra dem krävs bättre insatser som förebygger nyrekrytering, mer resurser till polis, åklagare, domstolar och kriminalvården och strängare straff.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“To defeat them requires better measures preventing recruitment, more resources to police, prosecutors, courts and criminal justice and harsher sentences.”

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The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan requires that secret coercive measures can be used for more crimes than today and after court order against organised gang members even without concrete suspicion of crime, which is precisely preventive use before preliminary investigation. Rejecting these parts of the proposal therefore goes against the plan. The plan wants to strengthen privacy protection and evaluate introduced laws afterwards, but that is a different matter than stopping the powers now.

• preventive secret coercive measuresdecisive»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 should be usable both in suspicion of more crimes than today and after court order against organised gang members even without concrete suspicion of crime.”
• more convicted gang criminals»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 convicted to prison and kept locked up longer.”
• strengthened privacy protection»Skyddet för den enskildes integritet ska stärkas.« (party programme ↗)“Protection for the individual's privacy should be strengthened.”
• post-hoc evaluation»påverkan på den personliga integriteten ska regelbundet utvärderas.« (party programme ↗)“impact on personal privacy should be regularly evaluated.”

The election manifesto describes a situation where security on streets and squares must be restored and promises new tools against serious crime, including a complete review of secrecy regulations and anonymous witnesses. The counter-proposal wants to reject secret room surveillance and house searches for preventive purposes, thereby removing precisely such tools before they are tested. The party programme simultaneously requires clearly defined powers and protection of personal integrity, but that balance does not lead to rejection. The plan therefore argues against the requirement.

• more tools 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 regulations, so that authorities can share information between them to prevent and solve crimes.”
• restore security»Tryggheten på gator och torg måste återupprättas, brottsförebyggande arbetet måste stärkas, brottslingar dömas och brottsoffer få upprättelse.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Security on streets and squares must be restored, crime prevention work must be strengthened, criminals convicted and crime victims given redress.”
• new evidence methods allowed»Inför anonyma vittnen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce anonymous witnesses.”
• defined powers»dess befogenheter ska vara tydligt avgränsade« (party programme ↗)“its powers shall be clearly defined”

The plan wants to give police more and sharper tools against serious crime: search zones, significantly expanded camera surveillance and long-term monitoring with electronic tag, and it means that legislation must adapt to gangs acting as domestic terrorists. To reject secret room surveillance and preventive house searches pending investigation contradicts that line, since the plan sees freedom and security as joined together.

• 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 adapt accordingly so that more are held accountable and disappear from the streets.”
• expanded powers»Införa visitationszoner så att Polisen får bättre möjligheter att leta efter vapen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce search zones so that the Police have better opportunities to search for weapons”
• expanded surveillance»Införa en helt ny möjlighet till långtidsövervakning med fotboja« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce a completely new possibility for long-term monitoring with electronic tag”
• security requires freedom»Frihet och trygghet går hand i hand.« (party programme ↗)“Freedom and security go hand in hand.”

The election manifesto explicitly requires that gang members can be mapped through intelligence work, surveillance, camera surveillance and interception and that procedural obstacles to increased prosecution should be removed. The plan also states that few measures are too far-reaching when gangs are to be pushed back and that the justice system should be given more effective tools. The counter-proposal wants to reject precisely those parts that give preventive room interception and house search, which goes against the plan's commitment, and the plan therefore rejects the requirement.

• interception against gang criminalsdecisive»Åtgärder ska vidtas för att bättre kunna kartlägga gängaktiva genom t.ex. underrättelsearbete och informationsinhämtning, spaning, kameraövervakning och avlyssning. Processuella hinder för att möjliggöra en ökad lagföring måste också undanröjas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Measures shall be taken to better map gang members through e.g. intelligence work and information gathering, surveillance, camera surveillance and interception. Procedural obstacles to enable increased prosecution must also be removed.”
• no measures too far-reaching»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 pushing back both the criminal gangs and the culture that makes them gain a foothold.”
• tools against gangs»Ge rättsväsendet resurser och verktyg för att bekämpa gängen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give the justice system resources and tools to combat gangs”
• 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.”