– I interpreted Erna as saying that she demanded that the list be thorough and correct. What surprises me then is that the list was delivered without the purchase and sale amounts included. After all, it is central information and means that it is more difficult to analyze the deals, says Næss to news. Sindre Finnes’ lawyer did not want to answer questions from news on Wednesday about why these sums were not included in the overview. Erna Solberg will meet the press on Thursday morning for the first time since the press conference on Friday when she informed that in some cases she had been disqualified as a result of her husband’s share trading when she was prime minister. Solberg tells news that it was important to her that the list of shares was complete and correct. – We couldn’t release anything halfway through. Then questions would have been asked about it, says the leader of the Conservative Party. It has almost been a week since Erna Solberg presented Sindre Finnes’ 3,600 share transactions. Finnes earned NOK 1.8 million from shares when Solberg was prime minister. – Comes automatically Næss explains that information about purchase and sale sums comes up automatically when you retrieve an overview from online banking. – You press a button, and an overview of the number of shares you have traded and the amount in kroner will automatically appear. Sindre Finnes has thus actively chosen not to include this information in the overview, Næss believes. – Yes, he may have done that then. And precisely these numbers are important, says the investment director. – Some shares cost one kroner, others cost three kroner, and some cost kroner 60. If you only get an overview of the number of shares, then you are not very well helped. Then it requires a lot more work with the analysis, says Næss. Solberg: – All journalists would ask “What are you hiding?” Solberg says she did not accept Finnes’ offer to make a partial list on the Friday before the election because she feared questions from journalists. – It would be a hopeless situation for me to only provide partial information. All journalists would ask “what are you hiding?” That’s why I was clear to Sindre: Everything must go forward. Solberg says she reckoned that Finnes worked hard and intensely to get this list out, and that it should be complete. – When Sindre said he needed time, I chose to believe this, says Solberg.
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Economist baffled by Erna Solberg’s explanation – Calls for “central information” – news Norway – Overview of news from different parts of the country
