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From what Dagbladet understands, Jan Bøhler has had no contact with Labor leader Jonas Gahr Støre after the shocking transition from Labor to Social Democrats.
Bøhler also did not notify Støre or the party secretary, Kjersti Stenseng, in advance.
Dagbladet can now report that it was the leader of the SP, Trygve Slagsvold Vedum, who informed Støre about the political divorce: Shortly before, Vedum called Støre.
In the conversation, Vedum said that Bøhler had now found another: the Labor Party had been abandoned.
Very annoying
The conversation is described for Dagbladet as follows: Very short.
And Jonas Gahr Støre is said to have made it clear to Vedum that he didn’t like what happened. Støre is described as “quite annoying” by sources who know conversations.
It also came to the attention of some in the Labor Party that Vedum and Bøhler left the constitutional meeting at the Storting on Thursday to meet people in Groruddalen and participate in various television interviews.
Strong reactions after shock transition
Known today at the Storting
Bøhler was at the Storting on Friday, for the first time as a center-right party, at the same time that Crown Prince Haakon solemnly opened the new session of the Storting. Among other things, Bøhler had a meeting with his new party leader, Trygve Slagsvold Vedum.
Bøhler made it clear this summer that he felt pressure from the Oslo Labor Party. He withdrew from the nomination process, but wanted to continue as an elected representative for another four years.
As Dagbladet reported yesterday, the seeds of Jan Bøhler’s transition from Labor to Social Democrats were already sown on August 28, during a day trip to Groruddalen and the following dinner with Vedum. Bøhler denied Dagbladet that he had been on a fishing trip for a new group.
Cold betrayals
Despite harsh criticism from several in his former party, Bøhler did not want to fight back yesterday. The repeated message from the Labor Party profile was that he hoped they could part ways as friends, and that politics was more important than party affiliation, despite his party colleagues calling him a “self-centered traitor” this morning.
Frode Jacobsen, leader of the Oslo Labor Party, also said he was “very disappointed” with Bøhler’s decision.
The fact that Bøhler’s time at the Storting for the Labor Party was soon over was widely known in the Labor Party leadership. The Oslo Labor Party wanted new forces.
– A great sense of duty
Bøhler had also become unpopular with some members of the Oslo Labor Party. Some perceive him as a solo player with little interest in organizational work in politics. A 68-year-old man was also not considered a future man for the Oslo Labor Party.
– I grew up with a great sense of duty, that I have to take responsibility for my people. The only party that said something positive when I said that the parties should put more emphasis on contact with the people, that we should be part of the community, was the Center Party, which made contact and was positive in the way of thinking. They said that with them he could work as an ombud and remain among the people, Bøhler said at a news conference on Thursday.
