The Speaker: Mohamed Ali's leave is not granted

The Left Party member of parliament has not yet been in parliament. After a two-week "time out", he will now be on sick leave.

Chairman Andreas Norlén tells TV4 Nyheterna that the leave is invalid and that he is not allowed to bring in a replacement. In order to bring in a replacement, Ali would have to be on sick leave for more than 30 days, according to the TV channel.

Norlén says that the rules on leave for personal reasons are "very strict". In principle, they only apply to members who are suspected of crimes, which Ali is not.

No salary deduction is applicable.

- He has been in service the entire time and after a sick leave, he returns to service as a member of the Riksdag, and that is what counts.

The distribution of mandates in the Riksdag is even, and the red-green parties lack a mandate if Mohamed Ali (V) does not participate in the work of the Riksdag.

At the end of September, Mohamed Ali applied for a leave of absence from work in the Riksdag due to "ongoing official matters".

Mohamed Ali from Borlänge was elected to the Riksdag with a personal cross. Shortly afterwards, information came about an investigation into suspected election fraud with links to his personal election campaign.

There have been a record number of police reports about election fraud in connection with the 2026 election. Just over two-thirds of the reports came in after media reporting on the investigation of suspected election fraud in Borlänge.