Election Guide 2002 - Sweden.se

Important topics for the 2002 election
Shortage of time is our society’s big problem. There is
not enough time for our children, our relatives and our
fellow human beings. Only too often, there is not enough
time for the teacher to spend on the pupil who lags
behind or for the nurse to do that little extra service
which raises the quality of care. Nor is there time for
looking after ourselves, for reflecting on how we ought
to live, or for the everyday contact between parents and
children which is so important for the transmission of
norms and values.
We Christian Democrats are standing for election in
2002 so as to do everything in our power – in municipalities,
county councils/regions and the Riksdag – to create a
gentler, more secure society. This calls for a policy which
will provide more scope for the family, the individual
and the communities of which they form part. At the
same time, support and help to people who are socially
and economically disadvantaged must be improved and
efforts to achieve a better living environment and
international solidarity must be intensified.
The Christian Democrats wish to point out the following
areas of vital importance for a more secure society:
Ethics and values which stand the test of time
If children do not, at a very tender age, develop a sense
of right and wrong, making up for this later on in life
will be very difficult. A new crime prevention strategy
is needed, one which employs information, systematically
and in the long term, to make parents, school staff and
others working with children aware of the importance
of value transmission and of the necessity of reinforcing
children’s inner control.
Courts, prosecutors, the police and the prison and
probation system need to be given greater resources in
order to improve security, prevent crime and help
criminals to go straight. The courts must be located close
to citizens and be widely distributed throughout the
country. Community policing must be expanded, and
the target must be at least one community police officer
per thousand residents.
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