The celebration did not let its candidate on TV – Now the candidate is making harsh claims concerning the celebration chief – 2024-06-07 10:17:57

In an interview with Iltalehti, Outi Alanen reveals what has occurred within the Totuus celebration in the course of the spring. Inventory photograph from 2014. Down Liesimaa

On Wednesday night, many viewers had been stunned when Liisa Mariapori, a consultant of the Reality Celebration who was at Yle’s minor celebration screening, stated that the celebration’s solely candidate for the European elections Outi Alanen characterize the celebration line. The celebration had determined to ship Mariapori to the election examination as a substitute of Alanen, even when Alanen had wished to take part within the examination himself.

Celebration chairman Jaana Kavonius is presently overseas on the run from the police. He’s accused of quite a few defamation costs and the prosecutor calls for 5 years of unconditional imprisonment.

Threatening to fireside

Now, in an interview with Iltalehti, Alanen tells about particular occasions that he says have occurred within the celebration. Alanen says that he bought to know Kavonius after interviewing him in the course of the presidential election final November and that he ended up as a member of the celebration and a candidate for the European elections.

– Then all the things modified and threats began coming (from Kavoniuk), says Alanen.

Alanen says that he obtained the primary barks from Kavonius in reference to the HOK-Elanto consultant elections, when he had not been capable of get the three folks wanted to ascertain the listing of candidates. Alanen describes the barking as “stunning” and that Kavonius threatened to expel him from the celebration.

“I do not wish to take part in fraud”

Alanen tells Iltalehti concerning the actions of Kavonius, who was wished and fled overseas, in the course of the spring. In line with Alanen, celebration chairman Kavonius had demanded that Ala get an condominium in his personal identify in Budapest, the place Kavonius would have moved.

– I needed to go to Budapest to make a lease settlement. Throughout the week I appeared for an condominium for him. Then I missed all of the election machines. I instructed her husband this could’t go on like this. I grew to become an EU election candidate, I do not wish to take part in fraud, Alanen’s occasions.

– That is simply not proper. I stated this would possibly not work.

Did you ever go to Budapest?

– No, no, however a passport was already obtained for me. He would have modified his look. I spotted then that he had already modified his look to mine. We’re each actually skinny and we each have lengthy hair. He had dyed his hair black.

So he would have used your passport and left with it?

– I have no idea. I am additionally a little bit of a gullible idiot, questioning what precisely that (plan) would have been. That I might have rented that condominium with my hangers or passport, says Alanen.

– It did not excite me in any respect, as a result of then it is giving assist.

Alanen says that he doesn’t know which nation Kavonius is in in the mean time. Kavonius has claimed that he no less than utilized for asylum in Slovakia.

– If I knew, I might inform the police about it (Kavonius’ location), says Alanen.

Police appropriations

At Yle’s minor celebration audition, Mariapori stated that one of many causes for ignoring Alanen is that he disagrees with the allocation of police funds.

– This candidate (Alanen) wished extra money for the police. Jaana Kavonius (the chairman of the celebration) wished to cut back the variety of cops and the duty of the cops, to get the precise investigation, the precise sentences and the precise ones. It ought to be developed and never in such a approach that there are extra cops who act as killers of the investigation, Mariapori stated within the examination.

Alanen tells Iltalehti that he additionally feels that the police have “killed” preliminary examinations, however doesn’t take into account {that a} cause to chop the price range.

– You possibly can’t make politics primarily based on that if one thing has by no means gone nicely with the police, says Alanen.

– In spite of everything, the police is an especially vital company to guard on a regular basis in a extra harmful world. (…) Sure, the police are wanted.

What’s your future within the celebration with this entire sample? Are you planning to depart the celebration after the election?

– (laughs) So there isn’t a different chance. Nicely, let us take a look at these elections first. Fifteen MEPs can get in and the scenario with the Reality Celebration is that there are six folks plus the chairman. I am not on the board both, says Alanen.

Iltalehti couldn’t attain Kavonius on Thursday to touch upon Alane’s claims.

The precise election day of the European elections is on Sunday.