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GARDERMOEN (Dagbladet): – It’s sad, but above all a relief, a burden lifted from my shoulders, says Big Trine Skei to Dagbladet.
Saturday September 26, 2020 is your last day as a Liberal leader. At the end of the day, Guri Melby has taken the liberal reins of the party.
For the past 20 to 25 years, I haven’t made much of a decision about what my life should be. Now I can look forward and control my life more, continues Grande.
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Book and wait
Before Christmas he comes with a book.
– It will be about the issues in which I have been involved as a liberal leader, I will try to describe them from my point of view. I will also draw red threads from the struggles we were in before entering the government, to the policies the government is following today.
– Will there be a separate chapter on Abid Raja, perhaps?
– No, there will not be a separate chapter on some individuals, but there will be separate chapters on individual cases that have been plaintiffs.
– Now you’ve finally undone me
– Too many leaks
In his press conference after the speech before the National Assembly, Grande addressed the party culture in the party.
She did the same from the rostrum:
– I want to remind everyone that if we want to keep the roof on our party, then we must take care of each other as human beings. We will take on the demanding debates, but we will never take offense in the fight. We will fight each other in a factual discussion, but we will never break up, Grande said.
Left peaks: they appeared as war
She later elaborated:
– There have been too many leaks and we have not been good enough to take care of each other while discussing political issues, he said.
– Have you contributed to this culture?
– I think we can all be better versions of ourselves.
– So you have been affected by the culture?
– No, I can’t say that.
– Finally get rid of me
Rumors and leaks are a topic Skei Grande will return to in the next book.
– I will not settle for anyone, but I will tell the story in a broader panorama than the media usually do, he says.
Grande also opened her speech to the National Assembly in an unorthodox way:
– Now you’ve finally gotten rid of me, he said from the stage.
Grande explains to Dagbladet that this was an attempt at humor, not a stab at the rivals at the party.
– I said it because in the press it has sometimes seemed that the party wanted to get rid of me. It was a joke, he said.
Big on Born Free: – Sad
On a Friday night in March …
Grande added that she has never felt unwanted as a leader.
Today she was relieved that the Liberal Party seemed more united than in a long time, and she remembers well the day she learned that she had to resign as party leader.
– When you no longer have the motivation to work 24 hours a day, you can no longer be the leader of the party. The day I found out the motivation was gone, I was sure my time was up, he says.
– When it was?
– It was a Friday night in March. Then I realized that the time had come to let go of others, because I felt that the motivation was not there.
– Do you have a new job ready?
– No, I’ll use it next year to find it. First, I’ll sit at the Storting for another year, Grande says.
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EU conflict
Later on Saturday, the Liberal Party will elect a new party leadership. The party’s nominating committee unanimously appointed Guri Melby as leader and Sveinung Rotevatn and Abid Raja as first and second vice-chairmen, respectively. There is little indication that there is any dispute over this at the national meeting.
At the national meeting, the Liberal Party will also adopt a new principles program, the first since 2007. Among the things being discussed is whether the Liberal Party should declare itself a yes in the case of the EU. This will be decided on Sunday.
