Left Party MP Mohamed Ali denies rescheduling police questioning over suspected election fraud

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Left Party MP Mohamed Ali denies rescheduling police questioning over suspected election fraud
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"It is completely absurd that established media outlets can publish unconfirmed or incorrect claims citing 'sources'," Ali writes on Facebook.

"I have neither postponed any police questioning nor spoken to the police about the alleged election fraud," he continues.

According to sources cited by Aftonbladet, Ali had rescheduled police interviews that he had been summoned to attend on more than one occasion.

On sick leave

Mohamed Ali entered parliament unexpectedly through personal votes, and the police are investigating suspected election fraud linked to his personal election campaign. However, he has not been charged with a crime.

"The contacts I have had with the police so far have been exclusively about the racist threats directed at me," Ali writes in the post.

The Left Party member has not been present in the Riksdag (the Swedish parliament) since the election. First, he applied for two weeks of leave, then he went on sick leave.

Deputy party leader Ida Gabrielsson said on Tuesday that Ali is expected to return to parliament shortly, according to SVT.

He will come as soon as possible and then he will be included in the work of the Riksdag, she said.

Then he becomes a substitute or regular member of a committee.

TT is contacting the Left Party to find out whether this means Ali's "timeout" is officially over.

Misses vote

Ida Gabrielsson has previously said that Ali will remain in parliament if the investigation is closed and he is not convicted of a crime.

According to the Left Party's press service, Ali will miss Thursday's vote on Social Democratic leader Magdalena Andersson as prime minister because he is still on sick leave.

Ali called in sick on Monday. The Riksdag administration will require a doctor's certificate from the eighth day.

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