– The Coalition Party promises that regardless of the municipality in which a person lives, he or she will receive the services he or she needs, Orpo navigates.
He considered that there was a somewhat misleading debate as to whether each municipality should have its own social and health center or its own social and health service point. “It is not the municipality that needs the services, but the people,” she said, arguing that a municipality that does not have children does not need maternity and child health clinics.
Orpo reminded the moderators that he had previously evaluated his views on the matter quite well with the center of the line. However, the center has based its position on municipal boundaries, emphasizing that each municipality must have its own social and health center.
“Regardless of the municipality, people must have access to the services,” Orpo reiterated. “The center is trying to portray Kokoom as a party that destroys basic services in Finland’s most remote, sparsely populated areas. That is simply not the case. ”
Li Andersson, President of the Left Alliance, Sanna Marin, the President of the Social Democrats, and Annika Saarikkothe president of the center, all accused the national coalition of fooling its position.
“We received an answer that the Coalition Party is not committed to maintaining the current service network,” Andersson explained.
Saarikko considered that the issue of local services is critical, as studies show that their availability and use curb consumption. “If services are moved further away, their use will decrease. It puts a strain on first aid services and specialist hospital care, ”he said.
“Kokooman’s position on social and health services seems difficult to interpret – not only in terms of these local services, but also in terms of what this reform should aim for,” Marin said.
Provincial elections will be held for the first time on Sunday, January 23rd. The election will determine the composition of the councils of 21 provinces that organize Finnish social, health and rescue services.
Ministry of Justice on Wednesday reported that in the early voting period ending yesterday, almost 1,036,000 votes were cast, or 26.4 per cent of all votes.
Sami Borg, Electoral Researcher at the University of Tampere, told me YLE said on Wednesday that according to advance voting data, voters can rise above the 50 percent limit.
“Under normal circumstances, if we look at the most recent parliamentary and municipal elections in 2017 and earlier, we have generally seen 45-50 per cent advance voting. [of all votes], “he said.” And if we got to the 50-50 ratio now, we would still have a chance to raise more than 50 percent of the vote in this provincial election. “
Aleksi Teivainen – HT