In 2011, when the Islamophobic and anti-EU Perussuomalaiset (PS)* party won 39 seats versus 5 in the previous election, did anyone foresee that we’d end up here? Wreaking havoc are Prme Minister Petteri Orpo’s National Coalition Party (NCP) and the PS with their two government coalition partners, the Swedish People’s Party and the Christian Democrats.
So what is the deal? There are paradigm changes made in how business is conducted in Finland. Labor laws and social welfare spending are being uprooted never mind migration policy, which will end up making Finland less attractive to foreigners.
In Finland, institutional racism is so embedded that you can be a racist and eat your cake. Orpo speaks about zero tolerance of racism (duh!) but his government continues to pass laws that will subvert human rights as seen with the proposed push-back law.
Imagine, Interior Minister Mari Rantanen, who has a dubious record of spreading racism and conspiracy theories, is spearheading such the frightening of migration policy and the infamous pushback law. Would you call her competent if she claimed that Vladimir Putin could also get asylum in Finland?
One of the main enablers of Finland destroying its human rights record and the rule of law is Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, who in the picture reveals his true self. Source: Facebook
It’s clear that NCP and the PS have a you-scratch-my-back-and-I’ll-scratch-yours deal. The PS gives a free hand and support to the NCP’s labor market changes while the PS has free rein to tighten considerable migration policy.
Such a deal has polarized Fnnish society and spread chaos.
What it will end up doing is break and fragment Finland.
Our country’s fall from grace is truly spectacular.
