Tue, 21 Apr, 2015 12:09:52 AM Sipilä for open discussion with all parties Inclusion of Perussuomalaiset in govt not to impact on image FTimes – STT Report, April 21  Juha Sipilä, Chair of the Keskusta.File Photo – Lehtikuva. The Suomen Keskusta (Centre Party) chair Juha Sipila, who is likely to be the next Prime Minister of the country, on Monday said that he is ready to hold discussions with all the political parties on forming the future government.
Sipilä said he was in contact with all the political party leaders and all of them are ready for negotiations.
"All are open-minded, no one has said that they are not interested," Sipilä told reporters at a press conference.
Trust is the key factor when it comes to forming government, according to Sipilä.
"The first thing in the government negotiations is trust followed by the election programme and afterwards this arrangement (election results)," Sipilä had earlier said on Sunday evening.
Sipilä revealed the initial discussion will be held on Tuesday and the Centre Party will dispatch the list of agenda to the other parties on April 29 or 30.
"The agenda will be prepared, it does not yet exist," he said.
Chairmen (L to R) Juha Sipilä of the Centre Party, Timo Soini of the Finns Party, Antti Rinne of the Social Democratic Party and Alexander Stubb of the National Coalition attend Parliamentary Elections Media reception at the Finnish Parliament Annex in Helsinki, Finland on April 19, 2015. Photo – Lehtikuva. Sipilä expects the information on the basis for a new government to be available after May Day.
The Centre Party objective is to downsize the government to 12 ministerial posts.
Sipilä, however, did not comment on the number of parties which will form the coalition government.
Replying to a query by international press on how Finland's public image will change, if Perussuomalaiset (Finns Party) become part of the government, Sipilä said he does not see any problem in that and he personally trusts Timo Soini, the chair of the Finns Party.
"This is Finland, and we make our decisions here," Sipilä replied.
The Centre Party won the highest number of 49 seats out of 200 in the parliamentary elections held across the country on Sunday.
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