Accusing the bureaucracy of political sabotage

Erna Solberg’s wife Sindre Finnes will publish a book tomorrow.

Dagbladet gained access to “Ved Erna side”, as the book is called.

In the book, an open Finnes talks about his role as a stay-at-home father, the path to an NHO career, and what it was like to meet and marry Erna Solberg.

It also makes outrageous accusations of political bias in the bureaucracy close to the government. Finnes believes that the side he hits hits only the right side.

The book was written by Dagbladet commentator Martine Aurdal. Finnes has not yet had a chance to comment on the matter.

– Erna thinks it is nice that Sindre has published a book, but it is not natural for her to argue in public with her husband. This is Sindre’s book and the excerpts Dagbladet refers to are her assessments and her personal opinions, says Høyre in a comment to Dagbladet.

Losses

Finnes is himself a former conservative politician and it is no secret that he still follows how the country is governed.

Among other things, it accuses the communications departments of the government apparatus of acting partially and that personal political preferences become visible through unwanted leaks to the press.

“Some of the Norwegian communications departments have grown quite large and are populated by employees who have the same network of contacts as journalists. I don’t like it very much, I suspect a lot of leaks come from these departments and not from the politicians themselves“

In Sweden, larger parts of ministries are replaced after a new change of government, among other things, new communications departments are hired for ministries with the same political party as the responsible minister.

“So it is not always the bureaucrats who work towards the same goal as the politiciansAdds Finnes.

Bishops on the left

In Norway, communications departments are not changed when there is a change of government, which Finnes is critical of.

He believes that leaks often occur because the bureaucracy does not agree politically with the government it is supposed to serve.

“I think the Swedish solution of changing the management of the communication departments of ministries gives a greater political impact and fewer leaks of political documents.»Writes Finnes.

Erna Solberg’s husband also believes that parts of the church belong to the left and that this has become visible in the debate on immigration policy.

“Even the Norwegian bishops – who must be said to belong to the political left as a whole – and some so-called liberal lawyers have opposed Erna’s tightening of immigration policy. Both the left, church leaders and many lawyers have placed more emphasis on the opportunity for unfounded asylum seekers to have all possible inputs tested on an asylum application, than on protecting the security of the Kingdom, employees of the immigration administration. and our elected politicians»Writes Finnes.

Poor = weak politician?

In the chapter “The Turnaround”, Finnes writes about the time when Erna Solberg was elected permanent parliamentary representative in 2001.

Here he talks about how he and Solberg maintained busy working days despite the children being small.

His reasoning was that it is important that families have good personal finances and that this also applies to politicians. A politician with weak private finances is often a bad politician, says Finnes.

“A politician with poor personal finances is often a weak politician who has to spend a lot of time watching his expenses. The salary that the Norwegian national politicians receive – in the government and at the Storting – is good. But it is better to have such a good salary and a decent salary for the partner, rather than having to build the economy with one or one and a half income. Personally I believe this applies to all families: two full-time jobs, and therefore two full incomes, are the best.»Writes Finnes.