In the letter, Solberg answers a number of questions she has received from the control and constitution committee at the Storting. – Based on what I know today, there are not many cases where I have concluded that I should have asked for advice to assess my competence on the basis of the knowledge I then had about my husband’s shareholdings, writes Solberg in the letter. She still believes that it is impossible to review all cases from her own reign. Previously, Solberg has said that she probably should have declared herself ineligible in matters related to Norsk Hydro and perhaps also the oil tax package. Senior manager Erna Solberg (th) and her husband Sindre Finnes. Photo: Leif Rune Løland – The case is still serious The Høgreliear also says that her husband Sindre Finnes operated with “two portfolios” in his share trading. – One that he kept hidden from me and one that he sold out of at the end of the year to avoid it appearing in the public register. Solberg further writes that the second portfolio is the one he informed her about. Frode Jacobsen is deputy chairman of the control committee. He says Solberg repeated in the letter that it has been her responsibility to protect her own integrity as prime minister, and that she should ask and dig more. – Nevertheless, it is clear from the letter that she did not take responsibility for investigating whether things were in order, even after repeated questions from the media, he says. – This underlines that the case is still very serious for Solberg, he adds. Frode Jacobsen, deputy head of the control and constitution committee. Photo: news Not incompetent in pandemic measures In the letter to the committee, she says that she cannot see that she was incompetent in decisions about the level of measures during the corona pandemic. – In comparison, one is not incompetent when dealing with the level of income tax, even if both oneself and one’s spouse pay income tax, she writes. Grunde Almeland says that the answer from Solberg completes the picture the committee needs to make a thorough assessment of the cases. – There is still a lot of work for the committee, including an oral hearing where we can follow up with further questions that we still haven’t gotten clarity on, he says. Grunde Almeland (V) is case manager in the control and constitutional committee in the competency cases. Photo: William Jobling / news
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