It was in an interview with Expressen that the Liberal party leader Johan Pehrson opened up about reviewing the 51 percent rule.
- I have spoken to several clubs who think that you should be able to have several companies on the stock exchange, quite simply.
I am prepared to look at it, Pehrson said, among other things, to the newspaper.
The statement caused the National Sports Confederation's chairman Björn Eriksson to react strongly.
In a debate article, he reminded that the sports movement is an independent movement that is governed by its members, not politicians.
"Sees no reason to reconsider RF"
Now Johan Pehrson has responded to the criticism.
In a post on Facebook, he writes that the issue is not political, but up to the Norwegian Sports Confederation to decide:
"I see no reason to reconsider the RF, but in my reasoning I wanted to show understanding for both sides in an ongoing discussion.
At the same time, I do not perceive that there is any great demand to change the model we have, not even in the Liberals as the headline (in Expressen, eds note) suggests," the post says.
Debate on the 51 percent rule
It was in connection with the so-called Tidö agreement being presented on October 14 that it was discovered that the government and the Sweden Democrats want to initiate a special project to strengthen the competitiveness of Sweden's top leagues in football and ice hockey.
At the same time, a debate about the so-called 51 percent rule has flared up.
The rule means that 51 percent of Swedish sports associations must be owned by the members to prevent private investors from being able to take control of the clubs.