Complaint Filed Against Swedish PM for Speaking Out Against Genocide Resolution

Sweden’s opposition Social-Democratic Party has issued a formal complaint against the country’s Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, accusing him of acting out against Swedish law.

According to Turkish news agency Anadolu Ajansi, Social-Democratic Party deputy Svend Erik Österberg said that Reinfeldt’s statement that the resolution recognizing the genocide of Armenians, Assyrians and Chaldeans is a non-binding document for Swedish authorities and is not a legally binding document (that is, it cannot be enforced by law) runs counter to Swedish law.

“In a phone conversation with Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Fredrik Reinfeldt said that the decision made by the riksdag will not matter and apologized [for the decision], which runs counter to our laws. Such an approach means that the authorities are going against the people’s decision. For this reason, we have filed a complaint against Fredrik Reinfeldt in the Supreme Court of Sweden,” said Österberg.