– There should obviously be a clarification soon, so that the warning case does not sit and gnaw and create speculation. It is not only the press that is interested in this. We party members would also like to be informed, says Einar Steensnæs from Karmøy. He is a party veteran in KrF, and a former minister in two governments. Einar Steensnæs Photo: Carina Johansen / NTB scanpix KrF politician and former minister. Mayor of Haugesund from 1988 to 1989 and from 1992 to 1993 Elected to the Storting from Rogaland from 1993 to 2005. Former parliamentary leader of KrF and was a minister in the Ministry of Church and Education/Ministry of Education and Research from 1989 to 1990. Minister of Oil and Energy from 2001 to 2004 in the Bondevik II government. Steensnæs was born in 1942 and is from Haugesund. Source: Wikipedia and Stortinget KrF leader Olaug Bollestad has been on sick leave since the beginning of June. On Wednesday, it became known that a notice has been received against Bollestad. The warning will concern problems surrounding Bollestad’s management style. – Should have been resolved without notice Einar Steensnæs reacts to the fact that a notice has been sent against Bollestad to the party leadership. He clarifies that he does not know the content of the notice, but believes it could have been resolved in another way. – I am very surprised that the notice format has been used here to raise an internal discussion about various matters between the management, whether it is political or administrative. I think it is possible to find out about this in a simpler and more confidential way, which means that one arrives at a good solution faster. Expecting crisis management Per Kåre Foss, former county leader of KrF in Rogaland says that the party is in a crisis, the support is hovering around the barrier, and he believes that the party leadership must quickly get on the scene with crisis management. Per Kåre Foss Photo: Ingvald Nordmark / news – Just being completely quiet and waiting for central meetings next week, I think that is too long a process. The party must come to the fore and say something now. – The longer you are silent, the more speculation there will be, and that speculation will only become more and more difficult, he adds. news has been in contact with several KrF politicians in Bollestad’s home county, Rogaland. All are surprised that a warning has been received, and they do not know the contents of it. But say that they have confidence in their party leader. The general secretary is silent General Secretary Ingunn Ulfsten of the KrF. Photo: Mathias Moene Rød / news Secretary General Ingunn Ulfsten of KrF does not want to comment on the case, but writes this in an SMS to news: “We never comment on personnel matters in the media, or the content of alerts. On a general basis, I can confirm that KrF now has a notification which is processed in line with our routines. I make no further comments beyond this.” Published 16.08.2024, at 16.46 Updated 16.08.2024, at 17.25
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Party veteran Einar Steensnæs believes the KrF leadership must come up with a quick clarification in the Bollestad case – news Rogaland – Local news, TV and radio
