Purra and Rantanen hold a surprise event – Live broadcast at 11.45am – 2024-08-22 07:29:11

Finance Minister Riikka Purra will hold a press conference together with Interior Minister Mari Rantanen on Thursday. Picture from the beginning of August, when Purra presented the budget proposal of the Ministry of Finance. Joel Maisalmi

Finance minister Riikka Purra (ps) and the Minister of the Interior Mari Rantanen (ps) will hold a press conference at 11:45 a.m. today, Thursday. The media was told about the event only on Thursday at nine o’clock.

Iltalehti shows the event live and follows its twists and turns in live text format.

According to the Ministry of the Interior’s communications, the topic of the press conference will not be made public before the event begins.

A possible topic for Purra and Rantanen’s press conference is savings for the police.

The government has promised to increase the number of police officers to 8,000 by the end of the election period.

However, the protection police is having to reduce its personnel. The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of the Interior have proposed a reduction of 78 personal work years to the protection police.

Supo’s manager Juha Martelius told Helsingin Sanomat that the savings have a big impact on supo’s ability to acquire information and analyze the collected information.

Suomen Kuvalehti reported on Wednesday that savings are already being made to the police: temporary employment contracts are to be cut and police work-related travel is to be limited.

Chairman of the Union of Finnish Police Organizations (SPJL). Jonne Rinne told SK that, according to the union’s information, police departments have begun to save on purchases, equipment repair costs, temporary employment relationships, and evening, night, overtime, and weekend work.