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IMAGE SOURCE,REUTERSSweden’s first female prime minister has been reappointed to the top job after political turmoil forced her to resign within hours of taking the post last week.
MPs backed Social Democratic Party leader Magdalena Andersson by a narrow margin in a new vote on Monday.
She will attempt to lead a one-party government until an election in September next year.
She stood down as PM last Wednesday after her coalition collapsed.
Just hours earlier, Ms Andersson had been elected as Sweden’s first female prime minister by a single vote in parliament.
But the 54-year-old economist’s plan for forming a new coalition government with the Green Party was thrown into disarray when her budget proposal failed to pass.
Instead, parliament voted for a budget drawn up by a group of opposition parties, including the far-right Sweden Democrats.
The Green Party said it would not accept a budget drafted by the far-right and walked away from the government, leading to its demise.
By convention, the prime minister in Sweden is expected to resign if a coalition party leaves government.
IMAGE SOURCE,REUTERSIn Monday’s vote in Sweden’s parliament, the Riksdag, 101 of its 349 members voted yes, 75 abstained and 173 voted no.
To be appointed prime minister under Sweden’s political system, a candidate only needs to avoid a majority voting against them.
At a news conference after the vote, Ms Andersson said she was ready to “take Sweden forward” with a programme focused on welfare, climate change and crime.
But without the support of other parties, Ms Andersson will struggle to pass legislation in parliament, where the centre-left Social Democrats hold 100 of 349 seats.
Magdalena Andersson has been reappointed Prime Minister, less than a week after she resigned within hours of taking the job.
According to Aljazeera, Magdalene Anderson became Prime Minister and resigned a day later, after her budget was rejected in favour of one proposed by the opposition, which included a far-right party, and her coalition partners quit.
Earlier, Magdalena Andersson, leader of the centre-left Social Democratic Party, became the country’s first female prime minister following the elections and her historic term lasted about seven hours.
“According to constitutional practice, a coalition government should resign if one party leaves the government,” she said. “For me, it is about respect, but I also do not want to lead a government where there may be grounds to question its legitimacy,” she said in her Facebook account.
However, it’s expected that Andersson will govern Sweden’s weakest governments in recent decades. Further, Anderson’s budget will be formulated by three opposition parties, including the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats.
Earlier, Social Democrats have been in power since 2014 supported by parties united by little else than their desire to keep the Sweden Democrats from influencing policy.
On the other hand, the centre-right opposition has struggled to gather enough votes to form a majority government.
Further, Magdalena Andersson is also expected to replace Stefan Lofven as Social Democratic Party’s President.