Power Belongs to the People

Power Belongs to the People (Finnish: Valta kuuluu kansalle; VKK),[3] formerly known as Parliamentary Group Ano Turtiainen[4] (AT),[5] is a political party in Finland. Ano Turtiainen is its group leader and only member of parliament. The group's rules state that the purpose of the group's activities is "to act in parliament in the interests of Finland and Finns and to have freedom of speech in elections".[6] The group's secretary is James Hirvisaari.[6]

Power Belongs to the People
Valta kuuluu kansalle
AbbreviationPower Belongs to the People
LeaderAno Turtiainen
SecretaryJames Hirvisaari
First deputy leaderIlkka Tiainen[1]
Second deputy leaderJarno Vähäkainu[1]
Third deputy leaderSuvi Ahonen[1]
FounderAno Turtiainen
Founded10 June 2020 (2020-06-10) (AT)
5 June 2021 (2021-06-05) (VKK)
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right[2]
Colours  Green
  Gold
Slogan"Valta kuuluu kansalle"[1]
Parliament
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Website
valtakuuluukansalle.fi

History

Parliamentary group

The parliamentary group in the Parliament of Finland was founded in June 2020 by Ano Turtiainen when he was sacked from the Finns Party parliamentary group, because of a tweet that was claimed as racist, which mocked[7] George Floyd.[8][9][10][11] During 2021 the parliamentary group was renamed Power Belongs to the People and he planned to establish a political party.

Creation of Power Belongs to the People

Turtiainen was subsequently expelled from the Finns Party altogether, leading to his founding of Power Belongs to the People. The group gathered 5,000 signatures in a single day to form a new party.[12]

References
  1. Koskinen, Mika (2 September 2021). "Ano Turtiaisen Valta kuuluu kansalle merkitty puoluerekisteriin". iltalehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  2. "Valta kuuluu kansalle".
  3. "Eduskuntaryhmien voimasuhteet". Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  4. "Eduskuntaryhmä Valta kuuluu kansalle".
  5. "Eduskuntaryhmien voimasuhteet". www.eduskunta.fi. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  6. "Eduskuntaryhmä Ano Turtiainen". www.eduskunta.fi. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  7. "Yle: Ano Turtiainen tyrmää paluun eduskuntaryhmään: "En ole perussuomalaisiin koskaan hakenut"". Ilta-Sanomat. 2020-06-05. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  8. "Perussuomalaisten eduskuntaryhmästä erotettu Ano Turtiainen perusti oman yhden miehen eduskuntaryhmän". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). 9 June 2020. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  9. "Ano Turtiainen erotettu perussuomalaisten eduskuntaryhmästä". mtvuutiset.fi (in Finnish). 2020-06-04. Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  10. "PS-kansanedustaja Ano Turtiaisen rasistisesta twiitistä tehty useita rikosilmoituksia poliisille". mtvuutiset.fi (in Finnish). 2020-06-04. Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  11. "Kansanedustaja Ano Turtiainen myöntää jälkikäteen: Tviittiäni pidettävä rasistisena, mutta se oli kuitenkin sananvapauden rajoissa". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). 10 June 2020. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  12. "MP Turtiainen gathers 5,000 signatures for new party in one day". Yle.


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