Powerful AP Party Secretary on Image Kjerkol “Celebrates” with Giske – This Was Nothing

She is the head of the party’s office in Youngstorget and is responsible for managing internal notices and reports of concern.

Now Kjersti Stenseng opposes Arild Grande, who hired the Trøndelag Labor Party electoral committee:

– I think that the process that has been discovered and what we witnessed at the annual meeting is reprehensible.

– I am concerned that allegations of unacceptable behavior or any question about an individual’s notification is not something a nominating committee should handle. It must be approached through the appropriate body, which is the party office.

Stenseng says she believes that what has come out is correct, as she herself was not present in the election committee room, when Grande is supposed to have a warning that there would be a warning about Ingvild Kjerkol if she was nominated as the new leader. County. ,

As is well known, the nominating committee nominated someone else, but Kjerkol remained the county leader, after a lasting verbal agreement and a party vote at the annual meeting.

Will handle a possible warning against Kjerkol

– Could it be relevant with sanctions against Grande in this case?

– Now we must first clean up here and be clear about what went wrong in this process, and then be clear about the current guidelines and good organizational culture. Everyone who stands for elections and everyone who participates in elections must be sure that there are orderly processes behind it.

NRK has not closed to contact Arild Grande on Sunday night.

Also from the rostrum at the annual meeting, he warned against the election of Ingvild Kjerkol as the new county leader. He did so in an emotional post in which he spoke about the unhealthy power structures in Trøndelag and the negative use of force by the Labor Party.

Several in the room NRK spoke to played Grande in such a way that electing Kjerkol as county leader would only mean a continuation of the culture that several young Labor women from Trøndelag have written about last week.

– Have you ever heard of someone experiencing something unpleasant with Ingvild Kjerkol?

– I have no comments on discussions or conflicts between people. I am concerned that if there are reports of unacceptable behavior internally in our party, it should be reported legally and in accordance with our guidelines. It is also the case that conflicts and disputes can be resolved around a table, says Kjersti Stenseng.

– How close are you and Ingvild Kjerkol?

– Ingvild Kjerkol is a good match mate. She is a good colleague who sits both on the central board and in the parliamentary group. I think it is a good solution for Trøndelag, it was chosen by the annual meeting there and I want it to close with that work.

– If there really is a formal notification against Ingvild Kjerkol. Are you going to handle it?

– If there is a warning against Ingvild Kjerkol, the party office will handle it in an orderly manner, as we do with all warnings.

– this was nothing

Shortly after the county tenant position was secured on Saturday, VG posted a photo of Ingvild Kjerkol at a pizzeria in Steinkjer along with her husband, party colleague May Britt Lagesen and Trond Giske.

The title of the VG post was “Kjerkol won the leadership battle – celebrate with Giske”, and on social media there were several new or former Labor people who reacted.

Political opponents did the same:

The party secretary, Kjersti Stenseng, was not surprised.

– Ingvild herself has made it very clear that someone here is trying to make a great story that she stopped by a restaurant to pick up her husband, that she got a little snack after the annual meeting, and it probably wasn’t much more than that .

But was it wise of you to be photographed in a restaurant with Giske right after the annual meeting, given the situation?

– I think it was wise of you to drop by to take your husband home, yes. Haha.

– What signal do you send to celebrate with Giske after this very meeting and this week, to the AUF and the young women who have come forward with stories about Giske?

You, Ingvild, have answered very clearly to this yourself, that you should go and pick up your husband, who sat down and took a bite. This was just that.

• P.S: Monday morning at 07.45 Ingvild Kjerkol is a guest on Politisk kvarter on NRK P2 and NRK1.

I hope problems and conflicts are history

Kjersti Stenseng was elected Secretary of the Labor Party in 2015, at the same annual meeting that Hadia Tajik and Trond Giske were elected vice-presidents.

In the winter of 2017/18, it was she who had to handle a series of warning cases against Giske, when the #metoo campaign hit the Labor Party.

– What do you think about Trond Giske not being chosen for the Storting?

– Take note. Trond was very clear yesterday that he is now winning thanks to himself in the Labor Party after 37 years. He has been at the Storting for a year and now I hope that we can all put behind the discussions and conflicts that have been going on for a long time, says Kjersti Stenseng.