Criticism has been hurled at Conservative Party leader Erna Solberg because she did not catch how the man traded shares while she was prime minister from 2013 to 2021. But on the bourgeois side, it has been rather silent on the matter – until now: – I think it is obvious that a bourgeois side cannot put forward a candidate for prime minister who has broken the Public Administration Act. Nor can Norway have a head of government who is and has been incompetent in office, says Breivik to news. – Why not? – It is because this is the basis of our political system, it is founded on trust. It is founded on the fact that when mistakes are made, the politicians take the consequences, says Venstreprofilen. – An obvious consequence of a breach of the competence provision in the Public Administration Act is precisely to take the consequences and leave. Ane Breivik has been the leader of Young Venstre for almost two years and has also spent 97 days as deputy representative in the Storting since 2021. Governed for eight years During the period when Conservative Party leader Erna Solberg was prime minister, from 2013 to 2021, the Liberal Party sat with one hand the whole time on the steering wheel. For the first four years, the Høyre/Frp government had a cooperation agreement with Venstre and KrF. And in 2018, the Liberal Party entered the government, where the party was set for electoral defeat in 2021. Already in the autumn election campaign, the case of Sindre Finnes’ share trading while Solberg was prime minister was simmering. But it was only after the election that the scale of the scandal became apparent for one day: Finnes had made over 3,600 share transactions in the years 2013–2021. INVESTOR: Sindre Finnes traded many shares without informing his wife, Erna Solberg, when she was prime minister. This autumn, Erna Solberg must answer for herself in the Storting. She has until today to make a written statement to the control and constitution committee. Later this autumn, it is expected that she will have to explain herself in an oral hearing. Waiting But Breivik does not get support from KrFU in his desire to oust Solberg as bourgeois candidate for prime minister. KrFU leader Hadle Rasmus Bjuland reminds that the Conservative Party itself chooses its leader. He therefore believes it is not his job to think too much about that process. – I still have confidence in Erna, I hope she continues in the role. We need her back in the prime minister’s chair in 2025, says news. Disagree with Unge Venstre: KrFU leader Hadle Rasmus Bjuland hopes for Erna Solberg’s comeback in the prime minister’s chair in 2025. Photo: news Bjuland also thinks we currently know too little about Solberg’s case to be able to pass a verdict. – Norway needs a new government, because the Labor Party and the Center Party are taking the country in reverse. We need a new direction, and it is a government in which KrF and the Conservative Party sit together, he says. Unge Høyre’s leader Ola Svenneby has little to spare for Breivik’s actions: – I react a little to the fact that former government comrades are now giving an ultimatum over who the Høyre should choose as party leader, he says to news. Ola Svenneby, leader of Unge Høyre believes that it is untimely for the Young Venstre leader to have views on Erna Solberg’s prime ministerial ambitions in 2025. Photo: Amanda Iversen Orlich / news Svenneby believes that the bourgeois parties have a tradition of showing respect for internal processes that are ongoing in the parties about who they will elect as party leader. – It appears a bit as if Ane Breivik’s interest is not in bringing about civic cooperation, but media reports. I think that’s a bit of a shame, to be completely honest. – Openness lift Young Venstre’s Ane Breivik will not participate in punishing Erna Solberg for something Sindre Finnes has done, by rejecting her as prime ministerial candidate. – Being a politician is an enormous privilege. And with that privilege in mind, the politicians must ensure that people have confidence in the decisions that are made, and that there can be no doubt about personal gain and disqualifying conditions. Breivik believes that this summer’s many integrity scandals have shown that an increase in transparency is necessary. She has three proposals: A lobby register at the Storting, so that the population has access to information about the various interests politicians are exposed to and influenced by. A register of spouses’ and partners’ shares that is available to the public. A ban on day trading, i.e. buying and selling shares on the same day. – The fear is that the sum of these cases means that trust in democracy and in decisions is weakened. Then Norwegian democracy lives dangerously, says Breivik.
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Left-wing profile will oust Erna Solberg as prime ministerial candidate – news Norway – Overview of news from various parts of the country
