Time limitation

The party programme makes personal integrity a right and requires legal security with citizen oversight and independent scrutiny; a continued time limitation is precisely such a control mechanism pending a comprehensive review. The plan also requires that legislation shall be designed so that it proves effective, which speaks for that a measure with questioned demonstrated benefit not be made permanent. The counter-proposal's requirement therefore has support in the plan.

• protection of personal integritydecisive»rätt till skydd av sin personliga integritet« (party programme ↗)“right to protection of their personal integrity”
• legal security and oversight»Rättssäkerheten behöver upprätthållas genom rättshjälp, medborgerlig« (party programme ↗)“Legal security needs to be maintained through legal aid, citizen”
• requirement for demonstrated effect»förslag som visar sig effektiva och rättvisa den dag de genomförs.« (party programme ↗)“proposals that prove effective and fair on the day they are implemented.”
• scepticism towards harder approaches»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 harder approaches are put forward as solutions instead of tackling problems seriously.”

The election manifesto commits to giving the police more tools, explicitly better opportunities for wiretapping, and that the fight against crime shall be uncompromising. A continued time-limitation on secret data reading, motivated by the fact that benefit has not been demonstrated, pulls in the opposite direction from that commitment. The party programme's integrity commitment speaks for continued regulation and control, but not for the tool to be provided with a new outer limit.

• more tools for the 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.”
• society's full force against gangs»Samhällets fulla kraft ska mobiliseras för att trycka tillbaka de kriminella, kapa återväxten in i kriminaliteten och öka tryggheten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Society's full force shall be mobilised to push back the criminals, cut the regrowth into criminality and increase safety.”
• 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”

Secret data interception is one of the most intrusive coercive measures, and the plan requires that policy protects privacy as surveillance capabilities increase and opposes disproportionate privacy violations. Continued time limitation pending a comprehensive review maintains precisely that proportionality test. The plan accepts that authorities have tools against crime, but not that they are made permanent without testing their utility.

• no disproportionate privacy violationsdecisive»Vi motsätter oss alla lagar som innebär oproportionerliga ingrepp i integriteten.« (party programme ↗)“We oppose all laws that involve disproportionate privacy violations.”
• protect privacy against surveillance»De ökade möjligheterna till övervakning kräver att politiken slår vakt om människors möjlighet att värna sin integritet.« (party programme ↗)“Increased surveillance capabilities require that policy protects people's ability to safeguard their privacy.”
• rights before crime prevention»Brotts- och terrorbekämpning är viktigt men ska inte ske på bekostnad av mänskliga rättigheter.« (party programme ↗)“Crime and counterterrorism are important but should not happen at the expense of human rights.”
• right to privacy»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 says no to a range of intrusive methods, including preventive wiretapping, and the party programme demands proportionality between restriction and purpose as well as testing of all legislation against integrity impact. Continued time-limitation of secret data reading enforces precisely that recurring testing. The plan thus speaks for the counter-proposal's demand.

• no to intrusive coercive measuresdecisive»Vi säger därför nej till visitationszoner, kollektiv bestraffning, omvänd bevisbörda, anonyma vittnen, preventiv avlyssning och inskränkningar av religionsfriheten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We therefore say no to search zones, collective punishment, reversed burden of proof, anonymous witnesses, preventive wiretapping and restrictions of religious freedom.”
• proportionality requirement»Det måste finnas en proportionalitet mellan lagstiftningens inskränkning av medborgarnas integritet och lagarnas syfte.« (party programme ↗)“There must be proportionality between the law's restriction of citizens' integrity and the laws' purpose.”
• integrity testing of legislationweak support»All lagstiftning bör prövas mot dess påverkan på människors personliga integritet.« (party programme ↗)“All legislation should be tested against its impact on people's personal integrity.”
• integrity as democratic 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 in every democracy.”

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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, which weighs most, wants secret coercive measures to be able to be used in more crimes than today and also without concrete suspicion against organized gang members, and that police get more tools. Retaining a time limitation and questioning the benefit of secret data interception pulls in the opposite direction. The plan's integrity requirement sets conditions on how the tool is regulated, but does not speak for it to be temporary.

• expanded 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 ↗)“Interception and other secret coercive measures shall be able to be used both when suspecting more crimes than today and after court decision against organized gang members even without concrete suspicion.”
• more tools to police»Ge polisen fler verktyg och vapen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give police more tools and weapons.”
• more effective crime investigation»Rättsväsendets förmåga och effektivitet behöver förbättras så att handläggningstiderna kortas, fler brott anmäls och klaras upp samt färre brottsanmälningar avskrivs.« (party programme ↗)“The legal system's capability and efficiency need to be improved so that processing times shorten, more crimes are reported and solved, and fewer crime reports are dismissed.”
• integrity review of measures»Åtgärder som påverkar den personliga integriteten negativt är endast berättigade om ett motstående intresse väger uppenbart tyngre och åtgärden är effektiv.« (party programme ↗)“Measures that negatively affect personal integrity are only justified if an opposing interest weighs significantly more and the measure is effective.”

The plan requires that all crimes are effectively prosecuted and that Sweden can meet attacks from international crime and terrorism, and it raises politics' task to ensure long-term rules for society. That keeping a time limit for the law on secret data interception in awaiting a broader review pulls in the opposite direction. The plan's requirement for caution with personal integrity speaks however for the counter-proposal, therefore certainty is low.

• effective crime prosecutiondecisive»Alla brott ska effektivt och utan undantag beivras« (party programme ↗)“All crimes shall be effectively and without exception prosecuted”
• long-term rules»att säkerställa de långsiktiga spelreglerna för samhället.« (party programme ↗)“to ensure long-term rules for society.”
• meet international crime»möta angrepp från internationell kriminalitet, terrorism« (party programme ↗)“meet attacks from international crime, terrorism”
• caution with integrity»försiktighet och respekt för den personliga integriteten« (party programme ↗)“caution and respect for personal integrity”

The plan's decisive commitment is that legislation shall be adapted so that more gang criminals are held accountable and that the justice system is strengthened to clear up more crimes. Continued time-limitation of covert data interception, motivated by doubt about the measure's usefulness, pulls in the opposite direction and makes the tool uncertain over time. The plan requires that personal integrity be protected, but that does not outweigh the commitment to effective crime-fighting tools. The requirement is rejected.

• adapted legislation against gangsdecisive»lagstiftningen måste anpassas därefter så att fler ställs till svars och försvinner från gatan« (2022 manifesto ↗)“legislation must be adapted so that more are held accountable and disappear from the streets”
• strengthen the justice system»Vi ska rusta upp rättsväsendet för att utreda och klara upp fler brott« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall strengthen the justice system to investigate and clear up more crimes”
• strengthened security police»Stärka Säkerhetspolisen för att öka deras förmåga att skydda den liberala demokratin och landets alla medborgare« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen the Security Police to increase their capacity to protect liberal democracy and the country's all citizens”
• protected personal integrity»Den personliga integriteten ska värnas« (party programme ↗)“Personal integrity shall be protected”

The election manifesto demands that the justice system get more effective tools against gang crime and that gang members can be mapped through, among other things, wiretapping, and that procedural obstacles be removed. Continuing time-limitation of secret data reading pending a broader review would instead keep the tool uncertain and questioned. The plan therefore speaks against the counter-proposal's demands.

• effektivare verktyg mot gängendecisive»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.”
• avlyssning mot gängaktiva»Åtgärder ska vidtas för att bättre kunna kartlägga gängaktiva genom t.ex. underrättelsearbete och informationsinhämtning, spaning, kameraövervakning och avlyssning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Steps shall be taken to better map gang members through e.g. intelligence work and information gathering, surveillance, camera surveillance and wiretapping.”
• undanröj processuella hinder»Processuella hinder för att möjliggöra en ökad lagföring måste också undanröjas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Procedural obstacles to enable increased prosecution must also be removed.”
• befogenheter åt rättsväsendet»resurser och befogenheter för att kunna lösa sina uppgifter och skydda medborgarna.« (party programme ↗)“resources and powers to be able to fulfil their tasks and protect citizens.”