Pernilla Tornéus (M) has held several important chair positions in Växjö during the last terms of office, and Erik Wångmar, lecturer in political science at Linnaeus University, singles her out as the most likely successor to Anna Tenje.
There is nothing that Pernilla Tornéus rules out at the moment.
- If I get the question, I can certainly imagine it, but no one has been asked yet, she says.
Tenje wanted to keep power
After the election, Anna Tenje was clear that she wanted to retain power in Växjö municipality, despite the fact that the alliance parties together gathered fewer mandates than S, V and MP.
But after several rounds, the Center Party finally announced that they have chosen to negotiate with S, V and MP because they do not want to govern with active support from the Sweden Democrats.
But Anna Tenje still wrote, as recently as last week, an open letter together with KD and L representatives in which they appealed to the Center to come back to the Alliance.
- But that was before C declared that they will release a social democratic government, says Pernilla Tornéus.
M: Clearly C has chosen a side
Shortly after the interview with Pernilla Tornéus, the municipal council in Växjö voted for the social democrat Rose-Marie Holmqvist as chairman.
The vote numbers were 32-29 and this means that the Center therefore chose to vote with the red-greens.
But whether they will really finally come to an agreement with S, V and MP is not yet clear.
What does today's vote mean for you in the Alliance?
- This means that the Center Party has chosen a side.
They are now doing what they said before that they would release an S steering wheel, says Pernilla Tornéus (M).
Have you given up on getting C on your side?
- We have had this full council as a small reconciliation point, to see where they stand.
Now we know they simply chose sides.