Election of first deputy speaker
Translated from Swedish by AI; the translation may contain errors. The Swedish text is the original.
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S nominates Kenneth G Forslund as first deputy speaker 1. S believes that he possesses the experience and qualities required for the assignment thanks to his long parliamentary experience and previous roles 1. C has great confidence in Kenneth G Forslund and stands behind the proposal 2. C thinks it is reasonable that the largest party in the Riksdag holds the deputy speaker position 2. C will vote yes to Kenneth G Forslund 2.
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Gunilla Carlsson (S)
Madam Speaker! On behalf of the Social Democratic parliamentary group, I would like to congratulate Andreas Norlén on having been elected Speaker with such great unanimity.
Election of first deputy speaker
For the position of first deputy speaker, the Social Democrats nominate Kenneth G Forslund. We are convinced that he, with 20 years of parliamentary experience, most recently as chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and with previous experience from among others the EU Committee and the Riksdag's delegation to NATO's Parliamentary Assembly, possesses the experience and qualities required to handle the assignment in a meritorious manner.
We Social Democrats therefore nominate Kenneth G Forslund as first deputy speaker for the upcoming mandate period.
Annie Lööf (C)
Madam Speaker and honorable members of the Swedish Parliament! The Centre Party has great confidence in Kenneth G Forslund as the Parliament's first deputy speaker, and we stand behind the proposal. We think it is reasonable that the Parliament's largest party holds the deputy speaker position and will therefore actively vote yes to Kenneth G Forslund as first deputy speaker. We hope for equally broad support here in the chamber as at the election of the speaker - it would be for Sweden's best.
The deliberation was hereby concluded.
The House elected Kenneth G Forslund (S) as first deputy speaker by acclamation.
Source: The Swedish Parliament. The speeches come from the open data of the Riksdag, translated into English by AI, which may contain errors.