– We are now in a situation that probably no one had wanted or seen to happen in advance, but also a situation that obliges us, says Rune Bakervik. A majority in the city council has pointed the finger at Ap and Rune Bakervik. – When Høgre neither wants nor can try to form a city council, I take responsibility for this watch, says Bakervik in the press release. At the beginning of October, there was a majority vote of no confidence in the Valhammer city council. They therefore had to leave. The background was the child welfare scandal in the municipality. This is the child welfare scandal in Bergen Photo: Marthe Haglien In January 2022, it became known that a 17-year-old was admitted to Haukeland University Hospital due to severe malnutrition. The boy had been home-schooled all his life without it being checked, and the County Medical Examiner concluded that the municipality failed the boy and a sibling. The health and school health service, the public dental health service in Vestland county municipality and the child protection service had not cooperated. The mother has been charged with serious abuse. In August 2022, it became known that a father had been charged after a boy was found tied to a bed in Bergen. The boy had injuries and wounds all over his body. The father sought help from the child protection service a month earlier, but this was not registered as a report of concern. Child welfare director Alette Hilton Knudsen in Bergen resigned after the revelations. The city council led by Roger Valhammer (Ap) also announced his resignation after a vote of no confidence from a majority of the city council in Bergen. There was a storm around the city council after a seven-year-old boy was found tied to a bed with extensive injuries in Bergen in August. Together with several other cases and crushing inspection reports, this became a child protection crisis in the city. Forming a minority council Bergen is one of two cities in Norway that has a parliamentary form of government. Politics is known to be chaotic and fragmented, and many blame it on the special form of government. Cesilie Tveit, leader of the People’s Party FNB in Bergen, has questioned parliamentarism as a form of government. – After the mess in the city council in Bergen, I question whether parliamentarism fits in Bergen, she told news in mid-October. This was the second time a Valhammer city council resigned in less than a year. The Labor Party has thirteen representatives in the city council, while the Liberal Party has three. This means that they now form a minority council. In total, there are 67 members of the city council. The city council, which had to resign earlier this autumn, was also a minority city council. It consisted of the Labor Party, the Liberal Party and the Green Party. MDG must not be involved any further. At a press conference at 12.30, Thor Haakon Bakke (MDG) said that he is shocked. – They have only had a single conversation with us in recent weeks, while I have been at work every day. I am shocked. SV was not allowed to be with Mikkel Grüner, group manager in Bergen SV, is disappointed. – It is incredibly disappointing that the Labor Party once again won the centre, he wrote in a message to news. He says that it is almost unbelievable that Ap would not discuss the political content of a possible collaboration with SV before they decided. – The City Council continues to limp into the fog, away from the left and trade unions. Mikkel Grüner in Bergen SV. Photo: Oddgeir Øystese / news Former mayors When Roger Valhammer and the city council resigned, Valhammer announced that he would not stand for re-election next autumn. After discussions with the group leaders in the city council, deputy mayor Linn asked Kristin Engø (Ap) Bakervik to form the new city council. He was then mayor of the city. It happened on October 27. – The feedback I have received indicates that he is the candidate who is most likely to form a governing city council, Engø said then. The new city council will be presented on Thursday at 2 p.m.
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The Labor Party and Liberal Party form a city council in Bergen – news Vestland
