(Yle) Following news about alleged antisemitic, homophobic and racist Facebook comments made by Social Democrat MP Hussein al-Taee, al-Taee admitted in his blog on Monday that they were authentic and he was the author. Previously, he had questioned whether they were written by him.
Social Democrat Party Secretary Antton Rönnholm told daily newspaper Helsingin Sanomat that this admission of authenticity was news to him and the party, and on Thursday al-Taee will have the opportunity to explain himself at a parliamentary session.
”Previously he (al-Taee) had said that he would go through his previous posts when we asked him to check what he had written,” said Rönnholm in an interview with Helsingin Sanomat.
Al-Taee’s made derogatory comments about Jews, Somalis, Sunni Muslims, and homosexuals.
