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What’s in it for the Perussuomalaiset (PS)* party when they back these notorious vigilante gangs? The whole concept of vigilante gangs emerged due to fear of immigrants by some Finns. These gangs have spread instead fear among immigrants.
Some of my Somali and African friends asked me how is this possible that there are now vigilante gangs in Finland.
It may be a politicized issue but when we see how some ministers came out with wishy-washy statements about the whole affair some of us started to worry.
What’s in it for the PS and why do they support this notorious idea? Is it because they need desperately an issue to raise their poll standings, which have plummeted recently?
These vigilante gangs are the stuff of lawless states and weak governments that exist in insecure and violent countries but not of modern and peaceful ones like Finland.
The PS is the only party that mostly support anti-immigrant issues. In the last elections, the PS promised their followers that they will run a tight ship when it comes to immigration. Even so, refugees have flooded Finland during their watch in government.
The PS is desperate and want to prevent more harm to their popularity and therefore now wants to divert attention and blame refugees for most of Finland’s problems.
Bettering the security of Finland is important. People should report to the police if they are threatened. We don’t need vigilante gangs.
The sooner Finland rids itself of them, the better.
* The Finnish name for the Finns Party is the Perussuomalaiset (PS). The English names of the party adopted by the PS, like True Finns or Finns Party, promote in our opinion nativist nationalism and xenophobia. We, therefore, prefer to use the Finnish name of the party on our postings.