Tue, 16 Jul, 2013 03:44:53 AM FTimes-STT Report, July 16  Interior Minister Päivi Räsänen, the Christian Democrats parliamentary group chairman Peter Östman (right). Photo - Lehtikuva. The components of the ruling alliance- National Democratic Party and Christian Democrats have taken opposite stands over the remarks of interior minister PäiviRäsänen on abortion.
The parliamentary group expressed resentment over the demand of the government’s main ally National Democratic Party where the NDP leaders said that the interior minister should clarify her remarks to Prime Minister JyrkiKatainen.
The parliamentary party leader of Christian Democrats, PeterÖstman said that the party would not discuss the issue and their leader PäiviRäsänen has no necessity for clarifying the issue to the Prime Minister.
Earlier, the NDP parliamentary group chief PetteriOrpo demanded that Räisänen should clarify her statement to prime ministerJyrkiKatainen.
NDP parliamentary group chief Petteri Orpo. Photo - STR/Lehtikuva. Rejecting the demand Östman said that the politicians are not the judge to ask for clarification of any statement.
He said that, if the prime minister needs to be clarified about the issue, he would ask for it.
Östman also pointed out that, if there is any legal issue, the Attorney General is the responsible person to ask clarification to this effect.
The Interior Minister and Christian Democratic Party leader, PäiviRäsänen recently speaking in an occasion of Lutheran Church criticized the abortion.
Räsänen said that animals are better protected than human fetuses.
The animal protection law ensure protection to animals than the law on abortion gives to unborn children, said the minister, adding that animals might not be slaughtered in a painful manner, but it is not t permitted to discuss the painfulness of abortion.
The Christian Democratic Party chief also described the abortion as a “silenced taboo and a Pandora's box”.
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