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Former Labor leader Jan Bøhler promises that Ullevål hospital can be saved. But then thousands must vote for Oslo Sp instead of Oslo Ap.
– The Labor Party can be run by the bureaucracy, says Oslo Sp’s top candidate, former Labor Party leader Jan Bøhler. Photo: Håkon Mosvold Larsen
On Saturday, Jan Bøhler was unanimously chosen to head the Oslo Sp list ahead of parliamentary elections next fall. He warns that the fight to preserve Ullevål Hospital is the number one choice.
Faced with strong protests, Health South-East has decided to close Ullevål and build a new hospital in Gaustad.
– It is the Center Party that has the power to save the Aker and Ullevål hospitals. The outcome of the elections in Oslo will be of great importance for government negotiations after the elections. I hope that single issue will get many to vote for us, says Bøhler, who joined Sp in October.
Bøhler says that “my party has screwed it up” and refers to his previous party, the Labor Party. This applies both to the Ullevål issue and to the new plans for the Government Quarter.
– The Labor Party has allowed itself to be governed by the bureaucracy, unlike us who are close to the people. We want to reduce bureaucracy. It will save many billions of crowns, with which we can balance other good proposals, he says.
Ap, H and Frp are the opposite poles
– Are you asking Labor voters to vote for Sp to save Ullevål?
– These are not the ones that interest me in receiving votes. Sp can move the voters through the line of the bourgeoisie. We will focus elsewhere and on residents.
– You say the Labor Party has “screwed up” it?
– They’re on the other side. They support hospital, closure and sale plans. The Labor Party, the Conservative Party and the Green Party in particular are our polar opposites. How much pressure on Ullevål there will be in government negotiations depends on the outcome in Oslo.
– If the Oslo Labor Party sees that the case generates a great commitment and that parties like the People’s Socialist Party advance in the elections, they will have to think twice. And he wonders if they will drag the matter with them to the next municipal elections, he answers.
– Can Ullevål Hospital be saved?
– Yes, I believe. If voters clearly show that this means something to them and vote for Sp in the election, it can happen, he believes.
– Jan, you have a new spark
Oslo Sp was told that Bøhler’s girlfriend had said that the night before: “It’s like you have a new spark, Jan.”
That spark is what several have noticed is spreading from Kalbakken to Groruddalen and into the capital.
At the nomination meeting, hopes were expressed that Bøhler could save Ullevål, prevent a new large-scale prison in Bredtvet, and block new plans for the Government Quarter.
In just under a month, Bøhler has changed the sentiment in Groruddalen that they are a political balancing act.
– We have renewed hope with the nomination of Jan, said Arve O. Berntzen of Alna.
Bøhler acknowledged that “here there is breadth, only people who love each other well and form teams.”
It could be perceived as a contrast to the surroundings in Oslo Ap. But Bøhler would not have said that.
– Own tone in the Oslo City Hall
What do the old comrades of the party say when you meet them on the street or in the corridors of the Storting?
– The ground floor of the Oslo Labor Party and the parliamentary group has been very nice. In the Storting there are very pleasant experiences. Without exception, as I have requested, they parted as friends and exchanged pleasant words. Several have distanced themselves from the insults I have heard.
– What about the management of the Oslo Labor Party?
– There is an atmosphere, especially around the Oslo City Hall, which has chosen a different tone.
– What kind of tone?
– I don’t want to get into that. I still want to get divorced as friends even though they have used insults, he says.
– Do you hope to have a place in the government apparatus?
– No, I really enjoy being around and meeting people, leaving black cars and things like that. My goal is to continue to have close contact with people, to be active in Natteravner, the Grorud sports club, says Bøhler and starts off on a rich list of names of associations and teams in which he participates.
– Do you answer no to a place in a red-green governmental apparatus?
– I’m just saying what I enjoy. I do not veto, laugh.
At the meeting, no one raised Sp’s plans for rural growth deals that other fears will be funded by corresponding cuts in cities.
– Fortunately, it has not been clarified what will be taken from the urban growth agreements. There will be a new discussion. I am a supporter of urban and rural exchange agreements. But it’s not that money should be taken from cities, says Bøhler.
