Not remembering that the municipality is divided – VG

Posted On: June 26, 2022

SUMMARY: After six tumultuous months, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre (Labor Party) invited his six-month summary press conference in the garden behind the Prime Minister’s residence. Photo: Gorm Kallestad / NTB

PARKVEIEN, OSLO (VG) Kristiansand have a good and strong history so they can win the battle for the city division, said Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre (Labour).

Two weeks ago, a shocking message came: Government will hold a referendum in the old towns of Søgne and Songdalen on divorce from Kristiansand in municipal elections in 2023.

The three municipalities were merged in 2020, and in December last year the Kristiansand City Council said no to the municipal division referendum.

On Monday, Støre went to the southern village to clean up – after an urgent invitation from his own local party.

– I have a wound on my back. But I’m not sure if it was the sun or the whip, local team leader Helge Stapnes added. Homeland Friends after the government’s decision is known – with reference to the party party.

AT FRIERFERD: The shop goes to Kristiansand for cleaning on Mondays. Here in a slightly softer version of local team leader Helge Stapnes (left) and mayor Jan Oddvar Skisland than the week before. Photo: Mattis Sandblad / VG

– It is important now to mobilize

– Did you expect there would be so much noise around this decision?

– What makes this case painful for us, and also painful for me, is that I know what work they have done to make this municipality good, Støre told VG.

– This is a painful political moment, I will be completely honest about it. Both at the human level and at the political level, he continued.

Støre previously said Kristiansand is a well-functioning municipality. Now it’s up to party mates in the south to convince large municipalities that the best alternative is – and there may be a good chance the municipalities won’t fall apart, Støre believes.

– Then I think they have a good, strong story to tell that it can last, and now it’s important to mobilize the power for it.

QUICK TRAVEL: Shop about 3.5 hours in the south village. Then he had to catch the last plane home. Photo: Mattis Sandblad / VG

Not everyone can go out

Not only in Kristiansand the old town has a desire to leave or change affiliations. And not everyone gets what they want.

Now race The SP leader in Ryfylke against the government has decided that Forsand should stay in Sandnes.

– Is Kristiansand’s case the most important of these cases for Sp?

– I interpret it that way. There is also a huge commitment around the lemurs and the Haram, also in our party. There, the municipality itself held a referendum, Støre said.