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Did you see the interview on Good Morning Norway, with Health Minister Bent Høie?
There was no shortage of reactions after the interview was posted on TV 2’s Facebook page. Within a few hours, hundreds of engaged viewers and readers had voiced their opinion in the comment section that Bent Høie plans to travel to the cabin. with her husband during the Easter holidays. This after traveling from Oslo to Stavanger, as you do within infection control rules, as weekly work-related travel is not considered an unnecessary trip.
Some believe that the Minister of Health goes a long way by going to the hut at Easter, after leaving Oslo:
“Now both Høie and everyone else at FHI and in government can stay home. There must be equality before the law here. Honestly,” writes Gunnar, who gets more likes for his comment.
Others wonder if there are work-related commutes going to the cab. Some defend the Minister of Health:
“In fact, I treat Bent with a little freedom and a trip to the cabin. Poor man who has been up late and early. Good luck,” writes Vera.
After all, it is not illegal to travel to the cabin. But many are confused:
– Follow the path, then most people would have understood and respected the rules and prohibitions to which we are subject. Vague recommendations and rule violations among our elected representatives, sadly, contribute the opposite for many. This is a great shame and complicates the ambition of having a free and complicit society, writes one.
Another struggles to understand why Høie is going to the hut.
– We will not leave the municipality, we will not go to places where it is not strictly necessary. But, the cabin, no, they will leave us there, which is also located in another municipality. This is not how we get rid of the crown, it says in the comment.
Give a bad sign
Reputation expert Peggy Brønn, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Communication and Culture at BI Norwegian School of Management, is clear in her speech that ministers go to the booth.
– It gives a very bad signal, when at the same time there are recommendations to be as calm as possible, it tells TV 2.
Because it is not only the Minister of Health who plans to spend his Easter holidays in the cabin.
This is what ministers have to do during the Easter holidays
This is how the ministers responded to the questions:
Minister of Agriculture and Food Olaug Bollestad (Krf) She goes home to Rogaland and plans to spend Easter there with her husband. She is a weekly traveler and the trip home for Easter is in line with national guidelines that apply to business travel and travelers.
Justice Minister Monica Mæland (H) he is a weekly traveler and travels back to Berge every weekend. At Easter he goes to the cabin, following the advice for the Easter holidays.
Minister of Commerce and Industry Iselin Nybø (V) is a weekly commuter and travels home to Stavanger at Easter. It is in accordance with national councils and applies to business trips and travelers. He works in Oslo, so it is not considered an unnecessary trip.
– I plan to travel to the cabin in Rogaland with my roommate. According to national councils, you can travel to the cabin if you are especially careful with infection control and at the resort. I only travel with my own home and I will do shopping before departure, as are the recommendations.
Minister of Fisheries and Seafood Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen (H) is a weekly traveler and travels home to Bodø at Easter, and will spend the holidays at home. It is in accordance with the national advice that applies to business trips and travelers. I work at Odlo, so it is not considered an unnecessary trip.
Minister of Transport and Communications Knut Arild Hareide (KrF) He says the original plan was to travel west to visit family, but that plan has been abandoned.
– We are now considering whether we will stay home in Oslo or go to the cabin. We can, according to national councils, if we take extra care with infection control along the way and in the complex. Of course, we will follow the rules and recommendations of the authorities regardless of whether we stay at home or go to the cabin.
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Development Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide (H) It will be largely quarantined due to its participation in the NATO Foreign Ministers meeting in Brussels this week, and it has yet to make plans for the rest of Easter.
By the Minister of Development Aid Dag-Inge Ulstein (KrF) the Easter holidays are not yet clear.
Defense Minister Frank Bakke-Jensen (H) going to the cabin at Easter. Like several of the government ministers, he resides in another municipality and his trips to work in Oslo are considered necessary trips.
Being able to travel from home to a cabin is in line with the government’s Easter recommendations, and the Minister will carry out the Easter holidays in a contagious manner and in line with current measures, as all Norwegians are encouraged to do. .
District Minister and Digitization Linda Hofstad Helleland (H) and the Minister of Local Government and Modernization, Nikolai Astrup (H), will be at home or in the cabin with the family at Easter.
Minister of Health Bent Høie (H) He says he is a weekly commuter and travels home to Stavanger at Easter, as he does almost every weekend.
– It agrees with the national councils that apply to business trips and travelers. Dag Terje and I will probably spend most of Easter at our cabin in Rogaland.
Minister of Climate and Environment Sveinung Rotevatn (V) writes that in light of the infection control situation, he will be in Oslo this Easter.
Minister of Oil and Energy Tina Bru (H) He states that he will be in Oslo with his family and will not travel anywhere at Easter.
Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Torbjørn Røe (H) Isaksen says that the family will stay in Oslo this year, but that their home municipality is actually Porsgrunn.
Minister of Culture and Gender Equality Abid Raja (V) will be staying at home in Oslo this Easter.
– Due to the unclear and rapidly changing infection situation, my family and I intend to become a mainstay in Oslo. I have made big plans to start spring cleaning in the house and in the garden, and I hope I can start catching up on some of the delays as Minister for Gender Equality, also in terms of housework.
TV 2 asked 15 ministers to listen to the plans they had made for the Easter holidays.
The following questions were asked:
1. How should the minister spend Easter?
2. If it is travel, how is it justified as a necessary trip?
3. Are these the examples that most Norwegians can follow?
A total of five ministers responded that they were going to the cabin, four are considering staying home or going to the cabin, four will stay home and two have not made plans for Easter.
Read what the different ministers will do at Easter in the data box to the right.
Because even if you have the law on your side going to the hut, Brønn thinks it’s a bad time for ministers to move out of town.
– It is about how this is interpreted by the population and the time of the trip. And that moment is not good now, she says.
He adds that people have more understanding that ministers travel home due to commuting, but that traveling to the cabin goes wrong.
– So if you have not intended to go home, I think you should stay where you are and stay calm, like many of us.
Can weaken trust
In light of the Labor Party and Prime Minister’s birthday celebration, Brønn believes that the sensible thing to do is to be as calm as possible.
GIVES AN UNFORTUNATE SIGN: – If I had been a minister, I would not have gone to the cabin now. It gives an unfortunate sign, says reputation expert and professor, Peggy Brønn, from BI’s Department of Communication and Culture Photo: Press photo
– We are in a crisis, and then it is also about being good role models. We cannot afford to make too many mistakes. The biggest consequence may be that trust among the population weakens, so we have a big problem, says the professor.
– What’s wrong with going to the cabin?
– It is completely innocent, but it sounds very bad in the time that we are now, and what has recently been presented for unfortunate events.
– The word “cabin” is now interpreted negatively because it is associated with the celebration. People get angry and upset because the population lives under strict measures, advice, rules and recommendations, he adds.
Health Minister Bent Høie responds to the reactions in an email:
– I am a weekly commuter so I travel home to Stavanger at Easter, as I also do almost every weekend. It is in accordance with the national advice that applies to business trips and travelers. Dag Terje and I will probably spend most of Easter at our cabin in Rogaland.
