Three ministers have been criticized and reported to the Constitutional Committee following Ekot's information on how they managed their shares, including the outgoing Education Minister Johan Pehrson, who did not declare his shareholding according to the rules.
Today, ministers are allowed to trade shares while sitting in the government, but their holdings must be registered and they must not participate in government decisions where companies they own shares in are a party.
That's not a very clear-cut distinction as to what kind of decisions you're involved in. If suspicions arise, it damages the trust in us politicians in general, says Malin Björk, a Centre Party member of parliament in the Constitutional Committee.
