In several photos published after the riots in Sveaparken last Friday, a leader from Örebroandan can be seen participating in the stone-throwing against the police.
Something that makes Sebastian Cehlin (M), vice chairman of the leisure committee, act with dismay.
- This is a leader who should be a role model for children and young people in socio-economically vulnerable areas.
That that role model is throwing stones at the police and rescue services, it is clear that it makes me upset.
Wants to stop the municipality's support
Together with municipal councilor Anders Åhrlin (M), he published a post on Facebook on Saturday, in which they propose that the municipality stop all financial payments to Örebroandan with immediate effect.
- We want to restrict and pause the contributions to the Örebro spirit until we get a solid explanation of what has happened, how it has happened and what the Örebro spirit will take for measures to prevent this from happening again, says Sebastian Cehlin (M).
"Most politics"
Örebroandan's chairman, Chafic Dana, condemns the leader's actions and confirms to SVT that the person has been suspended from his assignment.
However, he thinks that it would be wrong for the municipality to cancel the financial contributions to the Örebro spirit.
- They judge an entire organization due to misconduct by an individual leader.
In all organizations there are good and bad people.
I think it's wrong of them to judge an entire organization.
They know very well how much the Örebro spirit does for children in these areas.
We have been around for more than ten years.
The leisure committee's chairman Jonas Håård (S), believes that the Moderates' proposal to immediately stop the municipality's contribution to the Örebro spirit is mostly a political initiative.
- It is mostly politics during an election year.
At the same time, he does not close the door to the municipality's cooperation with Örebroandan may be interrupted, once the incident has been properly investigated.
- This is very serious, it is of the dignity that can make it impossible to cooperate after something like this happens.