The votes from the members who were disqualified meant that the opposition's proposal for transitional rules for new citizenship requirements could be stopped.
Farivar writes on DN Debatt that the Sweden Democrats "have reason to reflect self-critically on how the situation was handled" and that the way in which the majority was secured was "wrong". He emphasizes that he is writing as an individual member of parliament, not on behalf of the SD.
SD: No regrets
Farivar believes that trust in the working methods of the Riksdag is more important than “short-term parliamentary victories.” He writes that the damage can be repaired by redoing the vote:
"We at Tidösidan still have many important reforms ahead of us. It would be irresponsible to risk the entire working methods of the Riksdag for a single vote."
"He has the right to think differently," SD leader Jimmie Åkesson says about the debate article.
Åkesson does not intend to apologize for the set-off chaos and points out that it was a choice between two bad things and that the party chose the one that was the least wrong.
The Social Democrats' group leader Lena Hallengren thinks it is good that Farivar now realizes that the SD acted wrongly.
"But it has no significance for our system of set-off unless this person makes the rest of his party understand it and they take a party position. That is what is needed."
The Social Democrats are not closing any doors to get a new agreement in place without SD.
"My assessment is that the seven of us can probably sit down here and now and create a set-off system," says Hallengren.
However, she does not believe that the Moderates want it, since they want to bring the SD with them. TT has contacted the Moderates' group leader Mattias Karlsson.
Was surprised
The Green Party's group leader Annika Hirvonen is surprised by Farivar's debate article.
"It was very unexpected, and it would be very welcome if these insights also reached the governing parties and the SD," she says.
The Tidö parties do not want to re-vote and the situation seems deadlocked in terms of reaching a new settlement agreement.
The Centre Party's group leader Daniel Bäckström believes that there are no indications that SD can be trusted.
"There is no new information from the Tidö parties that should make us back down on this issue, not least the Sweden Democrats," he says.
The set-off system collapsed on April 29, after the Sweden Democrats allowed two of their members to vote despite being disqualified. In this way, the Tidö parties managed to prevent the opposition from passing transitional rules for those who had already applied for citizenship, when stricter citizenship requirements are introduced on June 6.
The reason for SD's action was that the party learned before the vote that two former SD members, now independents who usually follow the SD line, intended to vote with the opposition.
This created great outrage among the opposition, who demanded an apology from the SD. There have also been calls for the SD to be excluded from the set-off system, citing the fact that the party cannot be trusted.
Set-off is used when members of parliament are unable to attend a vote. In this case, an equal number of members from the opposing side are removed so that the majority ratio remains the same.
