It was E24 that on Friday reported on Research and Higher Education Minister Ola Borten Moe’s competence failure, as well as what he believes to be a breach of the government’s guidelines for share purchases. – I have broken the rules of competence on 12 January, he asserts to E24. At the same time, he apologizes for the mistakes to several media outlets. Several people are now advocating that Borten Moe must resign as minister. Think he has to go – Sorry ass, but he has to go. That’s what deputy leader Ingrid Liland of the Green Party writes on Twitter. – How are people supposed to trust him after so many small and big things he has not been tidy about and taken responsibility for? asks Liland. MDG Deputy Chair Ingrid Liland. Photo: Mari Reisjå / news KrF deputy leader Dag-Inge Ulstein also believes the case is too serious for Borten Moe to remain in office. – That a member of the government is speculating in arms stocks in the middle of a war is as bad as it gets, says first deputy leader of KrF and former development minister Dag-Inge Ulstein to Nettavisen. KrF deputy leader Dag-Inge Ulstein. Photo: William Jobling / news FRP deputy leader Hans Andreas Limi agrees. – This case is so serious that in our opinion there is no way around it. Ola Borten Moe must leave the government, he says to news. FRP deputy leader Hans Andreas Limi. Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB Borten Moe himself tells E24 that he wants to remain in office as a minister. It was not long ago that Anette Trettebergstuen had to resign as Minister of Culture and Gender Equality as a result of a failure of competence. news has an agreement to interview Ola Borten Moe later on Friday. The control committee will investigate – Investigations will be initiated by the control committee. There will probably be a meeting of the committee about this this coming Thursday, says head of the Storting’s control and constitution committee Peter Frølich (H). He believes that Borten Moe has shown very poor judgement, and that he has broken laws and regulations that are supposed to protect trust in democracy. – It seems clear that the Public Administration Act has been broken. It is also clear that the Prime Minister’s rules for his own government have been broken, says Frølich. The Conservative Party will now request a full, written explanation of the case from Borten Moe. – In addition, we would like to request an explanation of how the government has practiced the insider regulations in this case, for example whether an insider list has been kept and who is on the list. – It is also natural to ask what routines Prime Minister Støre has established when it comes to buying and selling shares. An important task for a manager is to establish a healthy culture. For the Prime Minister, such a culture must be about ministers being aware of the responsibility they have to safeguard trust in democracy and the people’s government. This seems to have failed Støre’s watch, says Frølich. Listhaug: – Amateurly – It is disappointing that Borten Moe as an experienced minister makes this type of mistake. This appears to be another serious matter, where ministers do not understand their own role, says Frp leader Sylvi Listhaug. Listhaug believes it should be elementary that one cannot engage in share trading in a company, and at the same time take part in dealing with cases about the same company in government. – It is embarrassing to see how amateurish the government appears when it comes to very basic rules of the game, whether it is a matter of impartiality or stock trading. FRP leader Sylvi Listhaug. Photo: NTB She believes the case puts Jonas Gahr Støre in a “strange light”. – Once again, we see that there is no control over the basic rules of the game. This is yet another case that weakens Støre’s authority as head of government, says Listhaug. Read more about the case here: – A startling lack of understanding. – This is an unusually serious and serious case, and shows a startling lack of understanding in the Støre government of the important function of the competency regulations, says Bjørlo in a statement. Liberal business policy spokesperson Alfred Bjørlo. Photo: Geir Olsen / NTB – This is the third serious breach of the competence regulations by the Støre government’s ministers in a very short time. One can ask whether Støre and his apparatus have any routines at all to avoid the ministers breaking the competence regulations. It seems that the ministers are free to do whatever they want. This unculture must be cleaned up immediately. SV’s Lars Haltbrekken believes that the case differs from the other competency cases, involving Minister of Knowledge Tonje Brenna and former Minister of Culture and Equality Anette Trettebergstuen. – This is a very serious case and differs from the other competency cases in that this has to do with personal financial gain. The rules of ethics in this area are very clear and it is incredible that Borten Moe has broken them. The fact that the impartiality rules have been broken repeatedly reinforces the seriousness, says Haltbrekken. Lars Haltbrekken in SV. Photo: Ole Berg-Rusten / NTB Rødt: – Points to a greater unculture Rødt’s Mimir Kristjánsson believes the Borten Moe case shows that there are systematic problems. – This case is very unfortunate and shows that we have systematic problems with competence at top level in the Norwegian management system. We have seen several examples of that this summer, but also under previous governments, says Kristjánsson. – Ola Borten Moe himself admits to having broken the ethics rules, which is of course very serious. It points to a greater lack of culture through changing governments that must be cleaned up. Rødts Mimir Kristjánsson. Photo: Siv Dolmen Law professor: – Uggen feeling Law professor Hans Fredrik Martinussen believes there is a possibility that Borten Moe may have engaged in insider trading. – The regulations are very strict, and based on this timeline you can get a bad feeling. This is something that Økokrim must investigate, Marthinussen told news earlier this morning. Law professor Hans Fredrik Marthinussen. Photo: Kamilla Marie Johnsen – What do you think about the fact that there have been more cases recently? – I think it indicates a government that is too concerned with flouring its own cake. But this case is a step up from what we have seen before, replies Marthinussen. Økokrim to investigate Økokrim chief Pål Lønseth tells E24 that Økokrim will investigate Ola Borten Moe’s share dealings. – We are going to investigate this matter more closely, to see if there are grounds for opening an investigation. Insider trading is a relevant provision to look into more closely, says Lønseth to E24. Ecocrime chief Pål Lønseth. Photo: Tore Linvollen
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