The preliminary investigation against Richard Jomshof (SD) regarding incitement against a group of people has now been dropped, and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson comments that he does not interfere in legal processes.
It's not my business. There was no political perspective on starting an investigation, and there is no perspective on dropping it now, he says.
What do you think about him returning to his post as chairman of the Justice Committee?
It would be presumptuous if the government or the prime minister had opinions about individual members of parliament, says Kristersson.
Do you have any opinion about what he shared, which received so much attention?
At the bottom, I don't. But I generally have a strong opinion that the tone on social media is often incredibly harsh.
It applies to many different issues and many different parties. But I have no opinion about specific images.
The Opposition: "Unfit"
The fact that the preliminary investigation has been dropped changes nothing in the opposition's view of Jomshof.
Already over a year ago, the opposition called on the government parties to stop supporting Richard Jomshof as chairman of the Justice Committee.
He is directly unfit and uses this platform to spread hate and divide our society. It is absolutely unfit to have such a chairman, says Ardalan Shekarabi, legal policy spokesperson for the Social Democrats.
For Shekarabi, the trust in Jomshof is about much more than the two images he spread on X, formerly Twitter, and for which he was suspected of a crime. For example, when Jomshof thought that one could burn a hundred Korans, and Turkey strongly reacted to the Koran burnings during the NATO process.
For us, it's a big question mark why Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and the parties that make up the government are backing him, says Shekarabi.
"Not worthy of the office"
The Green Party also stands firm that Richard Jomshof is unfit to lead the Justice Committee.
He acts in a way that is not worthy of the office. He incites against Muslims and immigrants in a way that one should not do in that position, says Rasmus Ling (MP).
