The reply by Perussuomalaiset (PS)* Minister Wille Rydman aide to Suddeutsche Zeitung’s Alex Rühle is a clear example of how the minister and his party hold the free media in contempt. About thirty years ago as the Financial Times correspondent in Finland, a foreign ministry official suggested that I get in touch with him before…
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Media Monitoring Group of Finland [1]: A Perussuomalaiset minister threatens the foreign media
The Media Monitoring Group of Finland has received some disturbing news about how Perussuomalaiset (PS) Minister for Foreign Trade Wille Rydman allegedly sent hostile messages to Alex Rühle, the Nordic correspondent of the Munich-based daily Süddeutsche Zeitung. We offer our 100% support to Rühle and condemn forcibly Rydman, the PS, and the government for intimidating…
Finland’s government gets ready for another scandal. This time it’s Minister for Foreign Trade Wille Rydman. The party? You guessed it.
It is ironic that when Perussuomalaiset (PS)* Finance Minister Riikka Purra published Wednesday a blog playing down her racist and violent postings of 2008, another scandal erupted when Helsingin Sanomat revealed a number of racist messages of PS Minister for Foreign Trade Wille Rydman. The messages were written in 2016 between him and his former…
Weak leadership and denial of your coalition partner’s far-right and racist history are a recipe for disaster
Thanks to the leadership of Prime Minister Petteri Orban, Finland’s international image has suffered a devastating blow. In a matter of over two weeks, the country’s reputation has swung from having a forward-looking and charismatic prime minister like Sanna Marin to one that denies and wants to do business with a radical-right party. The government…
Reija Härkönen: Onko kokoomuksen maine nyt palautettu?
Wille Rydmanin paha sai viimein palkkansa: hän joutui eroamaan kokoomuksesta ja siirtymään vähemmän mairittelevaan perussuomalaiseen puolueeseen. Alaikäisten tyttöjen lähentely toi lopulta niin paljon ikävää palautetta, että kokoomus joutui luopumaan yhdestä puolueen kultamunista.”Kokoomukselle on kunniaksi, että ongelmaedustajasta hankkiuduttiin eroon”, otsikoi Kansan Uutiset. https://www.ku.fi/artikkeli/4817157-perussuomalaisten-sanat-ja-teot-tyttojen-ahdistelu-oli-vaaliteema-nyt-rydman-kelpaa Koska artikkelissa käsiteltiin perussuomalaisten kaksinaismoralismia – vaaleissa teemana pikkutyttöjen ahdistelu, mutta nyt ansioitunut…
Police open new investigation of National Coalition Party MP Wille Rydman
After an initial police investigation into alleged sexual harassment by National Coalition Party (Kokoomus) MP Wille Rydman, the National Bureau of Investigation (Keskusrikospoliisi) announced that it had opened a preliminary investigation into the MP’s activities. Rydman is a staunch anti-Muslim who is unofficially Kokoomus’ Jussi Halla-aho. Halla-aho is the former chairperson of the far-right Perussuomalaiset…
Sexual harassment scandal takes a political toll on Kokoomus MP Wille Rydman
The scandal that embroiled National Coalition Party (Kokoomus) MP Wille Rydman, has forced him to resign “indefinitely” from the Kokoomus parliamentary and Helsinki city council groups. A Helsingin Sanomat investigative story exposed MP Rydman’s sexual harassment of underage girls to whom he sometimes offered alcohol. The police, who investigated the case, did not bring any…
What’s all the commotion about Wille Rydman? Why is Kokoomus now shocked?
A big question remains after a Helsingin Sanomat investigative journalism piece exposed how National Coalition Party (Kokoomus) MP Wille Rydman treated women – even underaged ones – inappropriately. Some of these women, who were minors then, claimed that Rydman forced them to drink alcohol. A question remains: Why does Kokoomus appear so shocked today, even after the…
Wille Rydman exposes Kokoomus’ hypocrisy and its racist politicians
I wonder if National Coalition Party (Kokoomus) MP Wille Rydman has ever heard of Florida Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz, who is under investigation for sexually abusing minors, among other crimes? Helsingin Sanomat exposed in a story Rydman of inappropriate behavior and abusing sexually minors Sunday. Like Gaetz, Rydman is in hot water and denies all…
Kokoomus’ “Jussi Halla-aho” is suspected of harassing underaged girls
National Coalition Party (Kokoomus) MP Wille Rydman, whose xenophobic views have earned him the dubious label of being Kokoomus’ Jussi Halla-aho, is suspected by the police of harassing underaged girls. He is the same MP pushing hardline policies against asylum seekers because he is worried about sexual harassment. Former Perussuomalaiset (PS)* chairperson Jussi Halla-aho was…