20 October 2023 at 11:32 E24: Friend of the minister of industry got a leadership position in the ministry A friend of the minister of industry Jan Christian Vestre (Ap) has several times been given interim leadership positions in the minister’s ministry, reports E24. Only when she applied for a permanent job was Vestre asked to assess her own competence, the newspaper writes. – The fact that we are friends, and the fact that getting a position as department director is an advantage, means that I am incompetent or close to being incompetent in the matter of appointment. I assume that I have been incompetent, or close to being incompetent, at the three administrative decisions, says Vestre to E24. The Ministry of Trade and Fisheries is now in the process of appointing a new department director, and it is in connection with this case that the question of competence has come up. Fisheries and Oceans Minister Cecilie Myrseth has taken over as Minister of State for Vestre in the appointment case, the government writes on its website. Vestre says that on 5 October it was brought to his attention that Sandvik had on several occasions been acting and acting department director in the ministry. In three cases, Sandvik has been given the intermediate roles while Vestre was a minister. Vestre made sure that the civil service was aware of the friendship when he became minister of industry on 14 October 2021, writes the newspaper. Sandvik has worked in the ministry since 2014, and has also held the position of department director in periods before Vestre became a minister. The Minister of Industry is nevertheless clear that there has been a mistake in the process, writes the newspaper. – There is no doubt about that. It’s unfortunate, and it’s my responsibility. Everything that happens in this house is my responsibility, says Vestre to E24.
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