On June 1, 2017, Birgitta Ohlsson in Aktuellt announced that she intended to take on the role of Liberals' new party leader before the 2018 election.
According to Jan Björklund, it came as news to him when he saw the broadcast.
- Then I was seriously considering leaving, he says in the My Truth program.
In the program he says that he believes that Birgitta Ohlsson had had difficulties in leading the party.
- She is more of a leftist in many issues, he says.
Birgitta Ohlsson has declined to comment on Jan Björklund's statements in the program.
In My Truth on SVT Play, Jan Björklund talks about the power struggle between him and Birgitta Ohlsson and about the split in the Alliance.