Borch admits on Friday that she took text from other assignments without specifying sources for her master’s thesis in 2014. This comes after a revelation in E24. Leader of the Progress Party, Sylvi Listhaug is relentless. – The Støre government now appears as the most scandalous government of all time. How is it possible to accept the Minister of Education and Research when she herself has cheated when she studied, she says, Listhaug adds that it does not seem as if there is any end to the scandals of the Støre government. – Now it must soon be enough, I am seriously worried that all the scandals in the Støre government and Norwegian politics are weakening trust in the entire political system, she says. Understands the decision Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre was informed today that Sandra Borch will step down as Minister of Research and Higher Education, writes SMK in a press release. – I understand that Sandra Borch thinks this case makes it difficult for her to have the necessary trust as minister for higher education. What has emerged is not compatible with the trust that is necessary to be Minister of Research and Higher Education. I therefore respect her decision to resign, says Støre. He is holding a press conference about the departure on Saturday at one o’clock. Leader of the Norwegian student organization, Oline Sæther, tells news that Norway cannot have a higher education minister who is himself caught cheating. – There must be equality before the law for both ministers and students. We have had good cooperation with the minister, and it is a shame that she has to resign on such a matter, she says. – Sandra Borch’s case shows that it is entirely possible to make mistakes when students have a complicated set of rules and little guidance on which traps to avoid, she says, and expects the politicians to provide a national set of rules. – Incredibly sad SP top Ivar Prestbakmo supports Borch’s decision. – It is sad, but probably quite right, he says. Prestbakmo is a parliamentary representative and central board member of Sp. – She is a politician that I have had a great sense of and have worked well with and contributed a lot of good for Sp in the roles of minister. It’s sad she won’t be going forward, says Prestbakmo. Leader of the Center women, Wenche Skallerud, believes that it is right that Borch is stepping down. – I think it is incredibly sad. The fact that she has made such a mistake in her master’s thesis and is now resigning is the right consequence, she says to news. Education policy spokesperson in the Conservative Party Jan Tore Sanner says this is an unfortunate case for Borch. – The fact that a minister has been caught for plagiarism can obviously be suitable for weakening trust in her. Unfortunately, the fact that it is the minister responsible for research and higher education who has been caught in plagiarism does not make the matter any less serious. I therefore understand that she chooses to resign tonight.
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