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SURPRISED: APS Party Secretary Kjersti Stenseng is surprised that Geir Lippestad does not find a place in the Labor Party and the labor movement. Photo: Gisle Oddstad
Former Labor councilor Geir Lippestad and several KrFere are planning a new political party. Labor Party Secretary Kjersti Stenseng thinks it’s a shame.
– It is very surprising and a pity that Geir Lippestad does not find a place in the Labor Party and the workers’ movement, says Aps party secretary Kjersti Stenseng to VG.
Lippestad has been a member of the Labor Party until today and was a councilor in Oslo until 2017 and a councilor until last year.
Do you see it as a betrayal of a central Labor politician?
– No, I don’t want to say anything about that. There is freedom of association in Norway and this is your choice.
I have to know it through others
Stenseng says he found out about the new Lippestad party on Tuesday.
– I found out through others. We currently know little about what they are trying to do, but it may seem that there are forces in KrF that experience that the most conservative and narrow KrF we see today is not their party.
– Do you think they will be successful?
– It’s too early to say anything. We are focused on the Labor Party leading the way among the red greens to win the elections next fall. If the goal is a change of government, a strong Labor Party is needed.
– KrF the best alternative
Former KrF party leader Knut Arild Hareide writes in a post on his Facebook profile that his wish is for forces that want to work for Christian Democratic values to unite.
TOTAL: Knut Arild Hareide writes in a Facebook post that he wants the forces that want to work for Christian Democratic values to unite. Photo: Naina Helén Jåma / Naina Helén Jåma, VG
– And I think the KrF center party is the best alternative. Politics is full of dilemmas. But if we want to achieve concrete political results, we must cultivate compromises and build bridges. Don’t build walls, Hareide writes.
– Storting is the goal
The new party will be called Centro. According to NRK, they had a foundation meeting late last week. Now they need 5,000 signatures to be able to make lists in next year’s parliamentary elections.
– The Storting is the target. The fight against exclusion and socially created barriers is our DNA, Lippestad tells NRK.
He also says that the Center will be “a voice for a change of government.”
Geir Lippestad has been a member of the Labor Party until today and was a councilor in Oslo until 2017 and a councilor until last year. Photo: Klaudia Lech
– If one is going to do something with exclusion and inclusion, then it does not happen in a collaboration with Frp, says Lippestad.
The party “takes Christian and religious values seriously” but will rule in accordance with the sustainability of the UN, says the former Labor politician.
The case is being updated
