When the Justice Committee approved the so-called chat control proposal on Tuesday, neither V nor MP objected. Now MP is being accused of lying about how it went – but is fighting back.
The Green Party and the Left Party let chat control 2.0 pass in the Justice Committee without any objections.
After the committee meeting on Tuesday, both parties have stated that they are actually against the proposal, but that a mistake occurred.
No Mistake
According to journalist Emanuel Karlsten, however, MP's version of events does not hold true.
Leaked screenshots, from two independent sources, which Karlsten has accessed, show internal discussions where Rasmus Ling, who sits on the Justice Committee for MP, writes that it was not a mistake at all.
The screenshots also show, according to Karlsten, how Ling defends the decision and writes that it was anchored with the party.
TT has sought Rasmus Ling without result. Instead, MP provides a written comment from group leader Annika Hirvonen, who writes that MP's position remains unchanged.
"We are against chat control as it involves far-reaching restrictions on personal integrity and mass surveillance. We should have entered a dissenting opinion for clarity's sake," she writes.
"Far from Decided"
According to Hirvonen, Rasmus Ling made an incorrect assessment of how the party stands on the issue.
"Now we have clarified for all involved what applies. We are against chat control," she writes further.
The Left Party also maintains that a mistake was made in the committee. Something the party partly blames on the government rushing the process.
"Our member at the Justice Committee meeting got the impression that the proposal was based on the parliament's proposal, which we support. So no dissenting opinion was filed. It was a mistake. It did not affect the outcome, and the issue of chat control is far from decided, but will come back to parliament for a decision," writes Samuel Gonzalez Westling, group leader for V in a comment.
