Kristersson shared an open letter to Andersson on Instagram earlier on Wednesday evening, in which he writes that she needs to "speak clearly about the quantity discount" and, among other things, asks why she doesn't want to "stand up for all the women who have been subjected to violence and rape and who are forced to meet their perpetrators on the street shortly afterwards."
"I want to abolish the quantity discount for sexual crimes and serious violent crimes as quickly as possible. I believe that it will also go faster than Ulf Kristersson's pace. But today he is deliberately spreading lies," Andersson says ahead of Wednesday's debate in Gävle and continues:
He has chosen political conflict instead of siding with the victims of crime. And he is now using one of the worst things a woman can experience as a weapon in the political debate.
Voted no
The background is the parliamentary vote in August to abolish the penalty discount for those convicted of multiple crimes, where the red-greens voted no to the government's proposal to abolish all quantity discounts.
S called the bill - which lacked a date for entry into force - unrealistic and instead opted to abolish the quantity discount for sexual offences as a first step.
Kristersson dismisses the criticism.
They seem ashamed of their own decision, he says.
“Have photo evidence”
Kristersson says he believes it's all about S wanting to "avoid talking about factual issues."
"So we proposed removing the quantity discount and they voted emphatically no. I have photographic evidence of that. And now they are upset that we point out that they voted no and that we stand by that policy," he says.
The photo evidence Kristersson refers to is the photo he shared on social media, taken from inside the chamber, of Andersson when she pressed the "no" button.
