Political Scandals Around Sweden Today

Finally the prime minister awakens and demands better control in order to stop the scandals. Now, even Göran Persson realizes that we´ve had enough of cheating "uncles" with the least possible moral.Here´s the list of the lack of honosty in the countries communal houses and departments.

Stenungsund:

commun director Nils Gunnar Johansson resigns after visiting a porno-club in Brussels and a night- club in Berlin. Johansson pays bills of approximately 80 000 SEK with the communs creditcard. The fired commun director demands a larger fee for leaving but has to settle for 200 000 SEK.

Gothenburg:

Scandal in the regional transportation company GLAB. Instead of getting us cheaper city transportations the the executives are living life in the fast lane. Business conferences are held in luxury resorts in Switzerland among others, the economy directors service car is a 12 cylinder BMW and the president Lennart Olsson is approving his own bills. Together with the economy director Anders Boberg and marketing director Tommy Ed, Lennart Olsson has a private company who´s making business with the Belgian company which got the assignment to build GLAB´s new ticket system. All three are fired from their jobs but Olsson manages to get 3.7 miljon SEK in leaving-fee.

Uddevalla:

In the tracks of the GLAB scandal it´s revieled that the social democrat Lennart Johansson in Uddevalla, as a member of the board in GLAB, tried to get secret consulting jobs of the same Belgian company. As a consecuence Johansson resigned from all political asignements on August 21:st.

Kungsbacka:

The year before Gothenburgs Suburbs ( the GF company ) goes bankrupt two communal directors find the time to visit eight porno-clubs in Copenhagen, Budapest, Stockholm and Gothenburg. Ledaing social democrats Folke Hldebrand and Dennis Högström are leading a "field trip" to the club Kakadu in Copenhagen. The bill of 50 000 SEK is payed by the communal GF companys creditcard. Nobody gets fired.

Vänersborg:

The director of the health-department Bengt Stranding, the director of maintanance Roland Brinkebäck and the director of economics Åke Immo in Älvsborgs län ( simmular to state or larger county ) are suspected of serious fraud. By false bills, which the suspects approved among themselves, large sums have been transferred from the health department to the gentlemens private businesses.

Örebro:

Social democrat and former landshövding ( simmular to governor ) Sigvard Marjasin i imbettling, inspite his six figure income, with his bills of representation. Liqueor buys for 17 000 SEK and double- charged bills for 16 000 SEK demands explanation. The district attorney is investigating the suspicion of fraud.

Motala:

Large parts of the communal board, four social democrats and two folk partists, are forced to resig after luxury trips financed with taxpayers money. The trips, lead by the chairman of the communal board Sölve Conradsson, went to, among others, Cannes and Berlin. Communal creditcards are eagerly used and accompaning wifes and fiances get new clothes. One of the fired, communal director Östen Skoglund, gets away with a leaving fee of 6.5 milj. SEK

Gävle:

Communal directors Håkan Vestlund and Sture Sandberg, both social democrats, are forced to resigne after visiting porno-clubs and gambling with communal creditcards. Allso the president of Gävleborgs communal association is forced to resigne.His name is Sven Jansson and he lost 600 000 SEK of the tax payers money on roulette. Any refund to the tax payers is not noted. The vice president Bertil Jerfsten is to say goodbye too. Together with the commun director Sandberg he visits, among others, the, in communal affairs, wellknown porno-club Crazy Love in Brussels. The bill: 32 000 SEK.

Stockholm

The clients of the Swedish postal department get to pay the 50 year anniversary where belly-dancers amuses the top directors of the postal department. The fiest costed 12 600 SEK and was held for three high officials and a union represantative who all turned 50. Many people in the Postal depts. lead are celebrating together with the president Ulf Dahlsten in a bar were two half naked "kiss'o'gram" girls and a well built man in tanga shorts were hired.

Stockholm:

Prime minister candidate Mona Sahlin is only millimeters away from the most powerfull position in Sweden, when it´s revieled that she used the governments creditcard for private purchases. No order in the personal economy and remarks for unpayed bills inspite garanties that she´s "clean" makes the social democratic party rage and put Mona out in the cold.

This article was published in GT, Gothenburg Sweden, August 24:th and translated by Mad Mac.

Copyright, GT, 1996.