Two former SD MPs voted against the opposition's proposal for transitional rules during Wednesday's vote.
The opposition's demand for transitional rules was voted down by 147–146.
"We had a majority in favor of transitional provisions in the Citizenship Act. The Sweden Democrats knew that and that is why they chose to manipulate the result," says Annika Hirvonen, parliamentary group leader in the Riksdag.
SD confirms
SD's group leader Linda Lindberg confirms that the expelled members of parliament Charlotte Quensel and Michael Rubbestad were called in to vote against the opposition's proposal.
"The people have voted for the Tidö majority and then as voters you should also be able to expect that our policies will become reality, regardless of whether there are a couple of power-seeking savages in our seats in the chamber. Important legislation must take precedence over the influence of savages and the set-off system, which is why I ensured that this particular individual vote was voted through," Lindberg writes in a comment to TT.
Requires a new vote
S, MP, V and C are now demanding that the vote be retaken.
"I will simply demand that all parties that support us having a reliable set-off agreement raise this issue again," says Hirvonen.
Lena Hallengren, group leader for S, says that what has happened poses a major problem for the government parties.
"It puts democracy out of play because we had rules of the game that we agreed on," she tells TT.
The Center Party's group leader Daniel Bäckström says in a comment to TT that "the Sweden Democrats condescend to deceive democracy."
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Even the leader of the Left Party, Nooshi Dadgostar, is upset.
"SD lacks respect for democratic rules," she writes on X.
The ruling party M's group leader Mattias Karlsson, in turn, says that the party is following the agreement on set-off that exists with S.
"What other parties choose to do, they must answer for. I think all of us group leaders need to get together and discuss the set-off system," says Karlsson in a comment to TT.
