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Lots of questions being asked as to why Sweden's ever first black cabinet Minister resigned so suddenly

Monday, 21 January 2013
Political resignation are common occurrences in most real democracies - traditionally, when things have not gone well - when policy targets have not been met. But some resignations can be call to question. Such is the resignation of Nyamko Sabuni, the first ever-black minister in the Swedish government.

Various Swedish news reports and political reactions are asking why her sudden departure and if her departure has been due to her own accord, as she last promised that she will no longer run for re - elections, or she was pushed. Some authorities argue that such resignations are rare in Swedish politics. So what happen or did she just react normally though it looks strange?

Even though the minister has said that she will not stand for the next election irrespective of the result, she would retire. But it turned out today that her successor was already prepared and she said according to her press release that she wanted to give the next successor time to get used to the way things are ran. However, political observers such as Ulf Bjereld of the Social Democrats party noted to new agency TT:
"It is extremely rare for a minister to act in this way, - one and a half years before an election. It could be possible that someone has resigned this ways before, but I cannot remember it. It is the very unusual nature that makes this one startling."

Nyamko Sabuni has consistently refused to use legislative weapon in the fight for women's equal right to top jobs in Sweden, As her position as gender and equality minister, it exposed her to lots of controversial issues.

According to reports, in 2006 she was appointed Integration and Gender Equality minister. Since 2010 she was Equality and Deputy Minister of Education, and since she took office, there was pressure in Sweden to follow the footstep of Norway and force legislations to make it easy for women to climb what they described as "a greasy career pole" for women in Sweden.

As she was against using legislative weapon in the fight for women's equal right she instead opted for liberalism, individual freedom, and property rights among others. However, this past weekend, Nyamko Sabuni suddenly changed and proposed to make it lawful that company code, industry voluntary code, corporate governance clause should contain clauses that will means women get a better shot at top position in Swedish big corporations. This in effect means companies have to show a statutory quota of women on company boards. If not they have to show explicitly how the company governance make it possible for women to grow in the organisations to reach the top.

Could this have been the last straw that breaks the camel's back, messing in a man's world with legislative power?

Critic argue that Swedish feminism is over played - that there are lost of occupations that naturally good for different sexes and that no one is holding back a woman from reaching her heights in Sweden. An example they cite schools where women denominate men as teachers, or nursing and midwifery which women outnumber men. The question is why has she not worked such that the teaching and midwifery professions should be able to attract men or force through a legislation that will make that there exist a quota for men in this positions.

If there is any mystery behind the fall of Ms Sabuni, it will come out in later date but this question of equality of gender and rights has shown that in Sweden, it is a serious issue that will surely be resolved in a life and death manner.
by Scancomark.com Team

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