The Swedish Bar Association's Secretary General Mia Edwall Insulander believes that there has been a shift in legal policy where politicians from right to left focus too much on tougher measures to tackle gang crime.
Critical of the Tidö Agreement
In SVT's 30 minutes, Edwall Insulander criticizes the Tidö parties' proposals for anonymous witnesses, secret surveillance and to deport gang criminals without Swedish citizenship before a crime has been committed.
This leads to a slow slide towards a totalitarian society, she says.
"The risk is that we are on a slippery slope where we citizens are more monitored and do not have the same rights and freedoms as we had a couple of years ago, it can be a dangerous development," says Edwall Insulander for 30 minutes.
"Must be vigilant"
She believes that Sweden is not there today, but warns of what could happen if the rule of law is eroded.
"Should we have another, more authoritarian regime, we need to have tools on the other side among the citizens that protect us from it. That is not where we are today, but we must be aware of this problem and be vigilant about it.
SVT South Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer (M) for a comment.