The criticism from within S: "Damn weird"

The S-leadership is criticized within the party for not having acted tough enough after Dagens Nyheter's exposure of how S-lotteries are sold. The Municipal Councilor in Borlänge demands in an interview with the newspaper that the gaming company's management resigns. It's not me who comments on that, says Mikael Damberg to TT.

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The criticism from within S: "Damn weird"
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In Thursday, the Social Democrats stopped the telephone sales of S-lotter via a telemarketing company that Kombispel, the party's lottery corporation, had hired. This after employees testified about questionable sales methods directed towards the elderly.

But the Social Democratic municipal councilor in Borlänge, Erik Nises, does not think that is enough.

It is obvious, the CEO and board of Kombispel must resign, he says to Dagens Nyheter.

"Damn weird"

According to Nises, the indignation is great within the party.

We are several districts that think it's damn weird. That the party is in this environment at all. Young people with immoral bosses in Barcelona, who sell things over the phone. It's astonishing, says Erik Nises to DN.

Mikael Damberg, economic policy spokesperson for the Social Democrats and part of the party leadership, does not want to answer questions about Kombispel's management or the criticism.

It's an important issue, but it's not me who comments on it today.

The party's law policy spokesperson Ardalan Shekarabi says to TT that they will return with measures. About the criticism from within the party itself, he says:

It's clear that people react. It's terrible and we should be a force in society that stands up against this type of handling without hesitation.

The demand: Account for sales

Finance Minister Niklas Wykman (The Moderate Party) demands, on the other hand, that party leader Magdalena Andersson (S) accounts for how many lottery tickets were sold via Barcelona and to what revenues.

"Magdalena Andersson must account for whether the Social Democrats will keep these funds. If the information in DN is correct, it seems too much to ask that all affected have to fight on their own to get their money back", he writes to TT.

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