The Swedish government survived a major political crisis when a motion to withdraw confidence in parliament, expressed by a pro-Kurdish lawmaker, opposed making concessions to Turkey to facilitate Sweden’s accession to “NATO” alliance, has failed.
The motion to impeach Prime Minister Magdalena Anderson against Interior and Justice Minister Morgan Johansson was rejected by one vote.
According to the results of the parliamentary vote, the far -right and right -wing parties got 174 out of 289 votes, but a majority of 175 votes was needed to overthrow Minister Johansson.
Anderson has announced he will resign if the opposition wins the no-confidence vote targeting the minister belonging to his party, and the opposition accuses him of not responding to the emergence of gangs responsible for a wave of reckoning and bloody reckoning in Swedish society. shots.
Independent legislator Amina Kakapavah, who took refuge in Sweden and fought with an Iranian Kurdish group before becoming MP in 2008, said she would not vote in the opposition after talks with the social democratic government over the weekend.
Kakapava threatened to vote against the minister if Sweden did not receive assurances on the complex negotiations with Turkey on its entry into NATO.
Should we restrict our freedom of expression and protest against Erdogan’s orders? ” Erdogan said, “Newspapers describe me as representing Turkish interests rather than Swedish interests, but what interests me is Swedish sovereignty.”
Since mid -May, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has opposed Sweden and Finland’s entry into NATO, accusing the two countries of harboring “terrorists” from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG). .
Source: “AFP”
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