Aalto too to vie for Vihreäliitö chair

Another leader of the opposition Vihreäliitö (Green League), Touko Aalto, on Saturday announced that he would contest for party’s chairmanship, local media reported.

With the party lawmaker Aalto, a total of five party leaders have so far expressed their interest to contest for the party leadership.

Earlier, party lawmakers Maria Ohisalo, Olli-Poika Parviainen, Krista Mikkonen, and Emma Kari announced their candidature for the party chair expected to be elected at a party council scheduled for June 17.

The incumbent party chairman, Ville Niinistö said he would step down from the post in June.

Aalto, also a deputy leader of the party decided to contest for the post of party chair, reported the national broadcaster Yle quoting a Finnish language newspaper Keskisuomalainen.

Aalto bagged 2,371 votes in the municipality polls held on April 9 and Vihreäliitö became the largest party in the central Finland.

Aalto was elected councillor of the Jyväskylä City Council in 2008 and a lawmaker in 2015, where he is currently serving as a member of the parliamentary finance committee and the social and healthcare reform working group.