Former Oslo city council leader for Ap Raymond Johansen writes on Facebook that Mehl’s statements are not to be believed. – Pouring fuel on the fire – In a demanding political situation in the interior, she accuses the county mayor from the cooperative party Ap of political prostitution. At the same time, she does not distance herself from a mayor who calls for war, writes Johansen. Mehl has accused the county mayor of “prostituting herself to get power” and has said that the school closures are contrary to what the Center Party and the Labor Party are working for in government. Emilie Enger Mehl is criticized for her use of language and mixing of roles in the case of the closure of schools in the hinterland. Mehl does not regret saying that the county mayor from the Labor Party “will prostitute herself” in order to gain power together with the Conservative Party. Mehl stood by these statements when she visited Politisk kvarter this morning. She also did not distance herself from the mayor of Lom, Kristian Frisvold from Bygdelista, who said on Monday that they no longer needed to be factual in the school case, stated that “everything is legal” and urged the audience to “go after the person” and find “crap” about the county politicians. Frisvold denied in news that he encouraged something illegal. Mehl did not distance himself from what Frisvold had said, but said that it had been frustrating that the county politicians did not listen to factual input. – We hear that PST has been contacted because the situation is considered dangerous. The country’s justice minister prefers to pour fuel on the fire, writes Raymond Johansen. – Should resign When asked about role mixing, the Minister of Justice in the Political Quarter said that she, as a parliamentary representative from the Hedmark Center Party, must speak out. – I have a voice and I believe I would have failed if I didn’t use it in such an important matter, she says. Group leader for the Conservative Party in the Interior Joakim Ekseth is critical of Justice Minister Emilie Enger Mehl (Sp) getting involved in the discussion about school closures in the Interior. – She is the Minister of Justice and she cannot detach herself from that. What she is doing here is an untimely mix of roles, he said on news’s Politisk kvarter this morning. Joakim Ekseth in Høre i Innlandet calls the Minister of Justice’s intervention untimely. Photo: Ida Lillebo / news – Her use of words is not something we expect from a minister. No cabinet minister should condescend to that type of language, and in any case not a minister of justice. She is helping to legitimize a change of words that we do not want in Norway. We know it from the USA. When she leads the way like that, the road is short for others to follow. Hanne Alstrup Velure (H) is county deputy mayor in Innlandet, writes on her Facebook wall that Mehl must resign. – It is unheard of when political leaders engage in inflammatory language. Today’s appearance by Norway’s Minister of Justice in Politisk Kvarter is a clear declaration of bankruptcy for herself – and for democracy if this is allowed to pass. Published 22.10.2024, at 10.05 Updated 22.10.2024, at 10.34
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Criticizes Mehl for mixing roles in school dispute – news Norway – Overview of news from different parts of the country
