The Council on Legislation believes that the government has presented the proposals in a way that does not comply with the requirements of the Instrument of Government, one of Sweden's fundamental laws. It is not sufficient, or as the Council writes in its statement, does not appear satisfactory. Especially not considering that the proposal is a new feature in Swedish administrative tradition "whose consequences are difficult to oversee".
The Council on Legislation and other affected parties have not been given reasonable time to provide comments, is an objection.
The Council on Legislation says no to certain authorities, municipalities and regions, and school principals being obliged to, on their own initiative, not only on request, provide information to the police. This means that they should make an assessment of whether a piece of information is interesting to the police. A clerk at a municipality, for example, cannot reasonably know whether the police are at all interested in a piece of information, the Council on Legislation reasons.
When Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer presented the proposals that the Council on Legislation has now reviewed, he said they were necessary in the fight against crime.
We want to see a shift where the main rule becomes to share information and not to withhold information, said Strömmer.
