– Here I want to put the government in its place. Because she pursues a policy to the disadvantage of Bergen, Stavanger and Trondheim, and it is a bad idea for Norway. That is according to the Progress Party’s parliamentary representative Helge André Njåstad. Recently, there has been a growing “Westland rebellion” against the government. An important element in the uprising is protest against the government’s policy of decentralizing government jobs. This has been particularly linked to the fact that senior positions in the Directorate of Fisheries have been moved from Bergen to Tromsø. Both locally and nationally, this is called a weakening of the role and competence of the “Ocean City of Bergen” in the management and research of fisheries and marine resources. – It will be completely wrong to play big seaside cities like Bergen and Tromsø against each other, when the real problem is that Oslo is the magnet everything is drawn towards. This is the opinion of Norwegian representative Alfred Bjørlo from the Liberal Party. Alfred Bjørlo and the Liberal Party receive broad political support against the fact that Bergen, Trondheim and Stavanger are on what he calls the government’s “fy list”. Photo: Arne Stubhaug / Arne Stubhaug “Bergen = Oslo” The background is that the Solberg government had a policy of moving government workplaces out of Oslo. The Norwegian Government has extended this to state workplaces also being moved out of other large cities. The wording about “other large cities” was added by Minister for Municipalities and Districts Sigbjørn Gjelsvik (Sp). In March, the Liberal Party put forward a proposal that the government must remove the wording again. – It is completely meaningless and misunderstood district policy to place Bergen, Trondheim and Stavanger on the same blacklist as Oslo when it comes to the relocation of government workplaces, believes Bjørlo. Njåstad believes that what has happened with the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries has brought the problem to the fore. – But this is about all kinds of localization of government jobs. Bjørlo says that the problem in Norway is that it is not possible to build a strong professional environment and agricultural and labor market regions that can compete with the Oslo region. Helge André Njåstad wants to put the government “in place” and prevent the weakening of the “sea city of Bergen”. Photo: Jon Bolstad Dead race In the municipal committee at the Storting, the parties Høgre, Framstegspartiet and SV have today flagged their support for the Liberal Party in this case. Raudt supports the government party Ap and Sp. – I am very happy that I have received broad support in the committee. But this will be a thriller until the Storting decision on Tuesday, because the number of votes is at the tipping point, says Bjørlo. There are three parties that do not have representatives in the municipal committee. They must flag their position before the vote in the Storting on Tuesday. Bjørlo assumes that KrF and MDG agree with the rest of the opposition in the Storting. In that case, the score in the parliament will be 84-84, and the one representative of the Patient Forum will be on the edge and be able to decide whether the government suffers defeat and must give up. – We can risk Bergen remaining on this “foul list” if the government party receives support from the extreme left party Raudt and the protest list Patient Focus from Finnmark, while all other parties in the Storting support Bergen. I wonder how the Labor Party will look its voters in the eye, says Bjørlo. Irene Ojala may become the parliamentary representative who secures a majority for or against the government’s decentralization policy on moving government workplaces. Photo: Synnøve Sundby Fallmyr / news Patientfokus wants to buy Irene Ojala is the only parliamentary representative of the Finnmark-based list Patientfokus. Her vote can tip the scales and give 85 votes to either the government or the opposition in this case. – It is interesting that I may be on the edge of the case. I have made up my mind, and then it is up to the parties to make contact. Both of you know why I am in the Storting. – Does that mean that you want something in return for supporting one of the sides? – Yes. They have not done their job in the past when it comes to hospital services for the population of Finnmark. Now they can show that this matter is so important to them that they contact me. Then we’ll see who decides, she laughs.
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Will force the Government to stop moving state doctor jobs out of cities other than Oslo – news Vestland
