Foreign policy|Räsänen says in the press release he sent on Monday that he left a dissenting opinion in the minutes of tp-utva in 2012.
Congressman Päivi Räsänen (kd) according to the chairman of the Christian Democrats Sari Essayahin the decision to record a dissenting opinion in the minutes of tp-utva is not exceptional.
Tp-utva is a joint meeting of the president’s and the government’s foreign and security policy ministerial committee.
The chairman of the party and the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Essayah, confirmed last week that he had left the tp-utva in the minutes dissenting opinion About Finland’s voting decision at the UN. Finland voted in favor of finding Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories illegal.
Räsänen says in the press release he sent on Monday that he left a dissenting opinion in the minutes of tp-utva in 2012. At that time, he was Jyrki Katainen (kok) as minister of the interior of the government.
“At that time, I did not support the foreign minister’s proposal for Finland’s position on Palestine’s observer state status in the UN,” Räsänen writes in the press release.
Yle news in 2012, Räsänen submitted his dissenting position in writing.
“I also shared my dissenting position publicly, and it didn’t stir up a stir either within the government or in the opposition,” the release says.
According to Räsänen, Essayah’s actions have now been criticized by the same parties that sat with Räsänen at the tp-utva meetings in 2012.
Essayah’s however, his dissenting opinion has been considered unusual. HS told last week, among other things, opposition leaders criticized Essayah’s dismissal.
Over said on Monday, based on his information, that Essayah had been involved in deciding Finland’s line on the Israel issue and left his dissenting position only three weeks after the government had already formed its position.
According to Yle, Essayah did not oppose the decision when the matter was first decided.
In his press release, MP Räsänen praises the Prime Minister For Petteri Orpo (cook).
“I fully support the fact that Prime Minister Orpo has allowed genuine discussion within the multi-party government, including foreign policy”
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