During a debate in the parliament last autumn, which among other things dealt with Gaza, people in the audience threw an object at Maria Malmer Stenergard.
It turned out to be a bag with tomatoes and red onions and a man and two women were later sentenced to day fines for the attack.
After that, a net was put up in front of the audience stand on a trial basis. Now, the Speaker Andreas Norlén tells Sveriges Radio Ekot that there will continue to be a net in the chamber.
It must be seen as an expression of a heightened security situation that we are looking closely at different security measures in the parliament, he says.
The first net has now been replaced with a specially made one, which is easy to lower and put back.
I can understand if you think it's a bit more boring than before to sit in the audience, because it's clear that the net for the audience means a deterioration, says Norlén to the radio and continues:
It's very sad that there are people who do not respect the rules that apply, but have used the audience to convey their messages, instead of behaving as they should.
