Örebro-paid political staff also led parties in other towns

Political staff paid by Örebro municipality have also held leading roles in local parties elsewhere, raising questions about how public money supports a network built around Örebropartiet.

P4 reports that party leader Markus Allard helped establish several local parties, including Tierpslistan, with the ambition of taking Örebropartiet into parliament. Several people with leading roles in those parties were also employed as Örebropartiet’s political secretaries despite living in other municipalities.

Political scientist Bo Rothstein told the broadcaster that Örebro taxpayers may have financed activity unrelated to their municipality. The reporting does not establish that the overlapping roles were unlawful.

Allard did not answer P4’s questions before publication. He subsequently wrote in a Facebook comment that the employees work for Örebropartiet within the scope of their assignments.

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