– Now we have put the finishing touches and we will have peace. Now the municipalities will solve their tasks and do the job they have been assigned, says Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre at Politisk Kvarter today. The government promised the inhabitants of Songdalen and Søgne a referendum on whether they would still be part of the large municipality of Kristiansand or not, contrary to the decision in the municipality itself. Støre admits that the aftermath of the municipal reform has been demanding for the government. – Things like this are rent. It strikes me when I see good party colleagues being disappointed, says Støre. Do not listen to Forsand Sp leader Trygve Slagsvold Vedum has emphasized how important it is to listen to the inhabitants of the two former municipalities in Sørlandet. A little further west, in Rogaland, we also have similar citizens’ initiatives as those in Søgne and Songdalen. Here, the former Forsand municipality would be part of Strand municipality, and not Sandnes as they are part of today. State administrator in Rogaland, Bent Høie, approved of the change Here, the government chose not to listen to the citizens’ initiative. – This is not worthy of democracy and the Center Party! It is shameful and embarrassing, said group leader for the Center Party in Forsand, Alf Heggheim to Aftenbladet.
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