On Sunday, the Liberals will hold an extraordinary national meeting to re-elect Simona Mohamsson as party leader. In practice, it is about giving her support for the Sweden Democrats' new line, that the Liberals (L) can now sit in government with them.
Cecilia Rönn expressed reservations about the party board's decision last Friday to abolish the red line.
"It's about a shift in values that I cannot support," she writes in a text message.
“Unfortunate”
She is also critical that representatives will vote on confidence in Mohamsson, not on the actual issue.
"It's unfortunate. I think the national assembly must be allowed to say whether they want to go in this direction or not," writes Rönn.
After Simona Mohamsson's complete turnaround toward the Sweden Democrats (SD), there is turmoil within the party. A number of party leaders around the country are threatening to defect, including several big names on the party board, and critics are now mobilizing to find an opponent for Mohamsson.
"Of the names I hear, Cecilia Rönn is the most realistic," said Ina Lindström Skandevall, party board member from Sundsvall, to TT on Saturday.
Another dropout
On Sunday, it was also announced that Liberal Party veteran and member of parliament Helene Odenjung will not run if the new SD line receives support at the national convention.
Odenjung, who is the Liberal Party's top name in Gothenburg and has previously served on the party board, writes in a post on Facebook that she cannot support the decision, which she calls "unfortunate and unfounded."
"I am still sad, angry and disappointed. Both in substance and in form," she writes.
Liberal Students' chairwoman Anna Aronsson will vote no on Mohamsson.
"We do not stand behind SD in government, and that is Simona's demand in order to continue as party chairman. It is nothing we can stand behind," she tells SVT.
Liberal Students currently do not have their own candidate for party leadership.
