Power Belongs to the People (Finnish: Valta kuuluu kansalle; VKK)[7][8] formerly known as Parliamentary Group Ano Turtiainen[9] (AT),[10] is a political party in Finland. Ano Turtiainen is its group leader and was its only member of parliament. The group's rules state that the purpose of the group's activities is "to act in parliament in the interests of Finland and Finns and to have freedom of speech in elections".[11]
The party is known for its strong support of Russia.[12]
History
Parliamentary group
The founder of VKK is Ano Turtiainen (left). On the right is the former third deputy leader of the party and wife of Ano Turtiainen Minna Turtiainen.
The parliamentary group in the Parliament of Finland was founded in June 2020 by Ano Turtiainen when he was sacked from the Finns Party parliamentary group, because of a tweet that was claimed as racist, which mocked[13]George Floyd and a history of inciting attacks against refugee centers.[14][15][16][17][18] During 2021 the parliamentary group was renamed Power Belongs to the People and he planned to establish a political party.[citation needed]
Political party
Turtiainen was subsequently expelled from the Finns Party altogether, leading to his founding of Power Belongs to the People. The group gathered 5,000 signatures in a single day to form a new party.[19][20] Three Finns in Espoo and city councillor from Lohja defected to VKK from the Finns party, and were joined by a city councillor from Veteli and previous deputy leader Jarno Vähäkainu who left the Finns after posting about executing Somali-Finnish politicians.[21][22][23][24]
2023 elections
The VKK party failed in the 2023 elections due to internal conflicts. The party had around 1,3% support in 2022, however due to many conflicts the party experienced splits.[25] After the elections, Ano Turtiainen was invited to work in Russia as a representative of Finland, which he agreed to.[26]
The party is also strongly anti-immigration, this is especially apparent in Jyväskylä where both the party chairman and deputy chairman are members of the neo-nazi linked Nationalist Alliance (Kansallismielisten Liittouma) and at least one of them is a member of the neo-nazi Soldiers of Odin.[3][33] The party program speaks of the white supremacist Great Replacement conspiracy theory and opposes the so called: "…program to replace the [native] population".[27]
^ abcGurbanov, Dmitry (23 January 2022). "Sunnuntaivieras: Hipit ja etnonationalistit lyövät kättä Valta kuuluu kansalle –puolueessa, jossa suunnitellaan rinnakkaisyhteiskuntaa". Kansan Uutiset (in Finnish). VKK:n ainoa sisäinen liima on tällä hetkellä koronapandemia. Sen takia puolue syntyi ja se on syy, miksi "kaikille rakkautta" -kristallihipit ja Jeesus-marssilla käyvät voivat toimia samassa puolueessa etnonationalistien kanssa...Aiheesta ja siihen suhtautumisesta saatiin pientä esimakua, kun VKK:n varapuheenjohtaja Jarno Vähäkainu kirjoitti avoimen antisemitistisiä twiittejä.
^ abcd"Tapaus Turtiainen". Helsingin Sanomat. January 10, 2021. Vkk:n kenttä näyttää edustavan karkeasti neljää toisiinsa eri tavoin linkittyvää agendaa. Ilmeisesti suurin osa tukijäsenistä on liittynyt puolueeseen pandemiarajoituksia ja rokotteita vastustavista syistä. Niihin myös puoluejohdon puhe nyt keskittyy. Toinen agenda on jyrkkä maahanmuuttovastaisuus, jota Vkk:ssa edustavat erityisesti Jyväskylän paikallisosaston puheenjohtaja ja varapuheenjohtaja. Heistä ainakin toinen on Soldiers of Odinin entinen ydinjäsen ja molemmat Kansallismielisten liittouman entisiä vaikuttajia. Kolmas on yleinen järjestelmävastaisuus ja salaliittouskovaisuus, joka lähestyy ajatuksellisesti Yhdysvaltojen jyrkimpiä trumpilaisia piirejä. Neljäs on julistava ja arvokonservatiivinen kristillisyys.
![Party flag[image reference needed]](/en/File:Flag_of_Power_Belongs_to_the_People.svg)
