On Monday, at the Reindeer Committee's adjustment meeting of the interim report on hunting and fishing, the government parties Moderates and Christian Democrats and Sweden Democrats, which are part of the government document, expressed reservations.

– The sub-report would be as narrow as possible, i.e. to change the law in Girja's area, where the Girjas judgment actually applies as of today and nothing else. That was our intention and it has become a somewhat broader sub-report and therefore we have placed a reservation, explains Kjell-Arne Ottosson.

Part of the grand investigation

The interim report is part of the major review of the Reindeer Husbandry Act, which will be completed in two years. The Renmark Committee itself is appointed by parliamentary with all parliamentary parties, from the Sami side there are experts and experts. Jörgen Heikki, political reporter at Sámi Radio, is closely following the work.

– The interim report is not public, the parties themselves are allowed to give their views. The Sami parties have not yet said anything. They may wait until the proposal is made public," says Jörgen Heikki.

Eric M Runesson, chairman of the reindeer land committee, told Sámi Radio that he thinks it is regrettable, but that he had expected reservations because it is such a difficult issue.

The opposition is critical

– We are critical of how the government base, the Sweden Democrats, the Christian Democrats and the Moderates, have worked in the investigation, where the government, on the other hand, says that the investigation directives remain firm and that the investigation directives must be followed, at the same time, the Moderates, KD and SD reserve themselves against basically the entire sub-report, which is not really a particularly sharp sub-report but basically a status quo, says Isak From.

What happens now?

"It will be exciting to see. The interim report states that hunting and fishing concessions remain with the state, that it is the state that will control it at least until the final proposal is completed in 2025. The committee writes that this may mean that more Sami communities go to court to secure their own rights, just as Girja's Sami community did, says Jörgen Heikki.

The interim report will be submitted to the government by the end of August this year.