Sabuni won the majority of votes in several heavy districts throughout Sweden – but some voters’ representatives are saying they will not vote the same way.
11 ”ombudsmän” published a debate article in the afternoon paper Expressen yesterday stating that despite how their party members may have voted, they intend to vote for Eric Ullenhag as next Liberal Party leader. They must represent, they write, not just the party menbers who voted but also non-voting party members, non party members who have a liberal bent, as well as ”in the end, Sweden’s entire population” (Expressen.se).
Good of them. Saving the whole of Sweden like that, solving the problem of people not voting the way they should, saving the people from themselves.
While the representatives with a binding vote are not bound to vote the way their districts have voted, there is an understanding that they are to further that will. That these representatives have decided not to do that can only indicate an enormous hubris, paired with a misunderstanding of their job. The Liberal Party isn’t their sandbox.