Battle between Hadia Tajik and Kamzy Gunaratnam at the nomination meeting in Oslo Ap – Greater Oslo

In a packed Samfunnssal in Oslo Arbeidersamfunn, the tension at the Oslo Arbeiderparti’s nomination meeting on Tuesday evening is palpable. Party leader and prime ministerial candidate Jonas Gahr Støre was unanimously voted into the top of the parliamentary list without an opponent. But then the agreement ends. What everyone is waiting for is who will emerge victorious from the race for 2nd place. Kamzy Gunaratnam had the seat behind Støre at the last general election. EXCITED: Kamzy Gunaratnam at the nomination meeting in the Community Hall. Photo: Jonas Been Henriksen / NTB Now she is being challenged by Hadia Tajik, after Tajik said no to re-election from Rogaland. 8 against 1 If we are to judge from the position of the nomination committee, there is a clear advantage to Tajik. Eight members will have the former minister and Ap deputy leader, who is in his fourth term in the Storting. One of them is committee leader RIna Mariann Hansen. – We have a bunch of politicians who can meet Sylvi Listhaug and Erna Solberg for a debate and win it. Hadia Tajik is one of them. – In Hadia, we get a representative of the Storting with a work capacity and implementation power that hardly anyone can match, said Hansen when she presented the majority’s view. EXCITED: Hadia Tajik at the nomination meeting in the Community Hall. Photo: Jonas Been Henriksen / NTB Only one member of the committee points to Oslo’s former deputy mayor Gunaratnam. Laial Janet Ayoub described her as a diamond in the rough. – Kamzy is a strong and different politician who reaches out to people in a unique way. Oslo Ap needs at least one strong Oslo profile in a safe place. She has a high level of trust and reaches out to voter groups that the party traditionally struggles with, Ayoub said from the podium. Even in the teams But the input from the party teams in the capital indicates that it will be far more even. In the last consultation round, 21 Labor Party teams point to Kamzy Gunaratnam. 20 teams want Hadia Tajik in 2nd place. Also fighting for 4. Oslo Ap currently has four representatives in the Storting. There is also a run-off for 4th place behind deputy Jan Christian Vestre, who, like Støre, is unanimously in favor. A majority in the nomination committee will oust incumbent Storting representative Trine Lise Sundnes. Sundnes has a strong LO background and is a leader in the International Forum. The committee will instead focus on younger talents and suggests 27-year-old Agnes Nærland Viljugrein. She currently leads the district committee in Old Oslo. Published 26.11.2024, at 19.40 Updated 26.11.2024, at 19.49



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