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Loosely translated from here:
The Muutos 2011 (Change 2011) movement, profiled as the more "immigration-critical" wing of the True Finns, is about to become an official political party. The group has amassed the required 5,000 supporter cards, which will be sent to the Ministry of Justice soon.
According to chairman Juha Mäki-Ketelä, a teacher with a Master's degree in pedagogy from Tampere, the party's goal in next year's parliamentary elections will be two or three (out of 200) seats in Parliament.
Juha Mäki-Ketelä
Here's the party platform (the English is a bit iffy, but you'll get the idea). Finnish and Swedish versions, plus more info, here: www.muutos2011.fi.
CHANGE 2011 Movement
One of the main goals of Change 2011 movement is to give citizens a possibility to influence decision-making process even during the time between elections. Year 2011 is a tiebreaker in Finnish politics. Lisbon agreement and the possible vote threshold coming into force will make the parliamentary elections of 2011 the last election where citizens are heard.
Western style democracy, the core belief of Change 2011, is further enhanced with so called direct democracy where citizens have a direct input in the decision-making process.
Main goal of the Change 2011 movement is to advance the interest Finnish citizens. This is achieved by decision makers i.e. politicians following the will of the people. Change 2011 is trying to achieve this by offering direct democracy to support representative or parliamentary democracy and by extending the right to freedom of speech to include present day political dissidents.
Change 2011 has identified several areas where the decision maker’s actions and public opinion is in conflict. Out of these present-day problems we will emphasize immigration policy, the unhealthy consensus political system and unreasonably lenient convictions for violent crimes offenders.
1. Advancing the interest of Finnish citizens
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2. Direct democracy to support parliamentary democracy
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3. Freedom of speech includes dissidents and those expressing opinions different from mainstream
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4. Retirement of consensus politics
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5. Rationalization of immigration politics
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6. Just convictions for violent crimes
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