Internal dispute: – Hadia Tajik’s post deleted

“Immigrant parents in the city need to stand up more for their local communities,” said a Facebook post published by the Oslo Labor Party a few weeks ago.

The senders were the head of the district committee Stovner Rashid Nawaz and justice policy spokesperson Hadia Tajik at the Storting.

In addition, Tajik was said:

– We see among young people who commit crimes that their parents are far too disconnected.

The Facebook post mentioned an issue in VG where the police are sounding the alarm about absent parents.

Dagbladet is aware that the Facebook post caused a debate within the Oslo Arbeiderparti board, which is led by Storting representative Frode Jacobsen.

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In addition to Jacobsen, county secretary Øyvind Slåke and vice president Jan Christian Vestre also sit on the county team board, where Jonas Gahr Støre is a member.

A majority of the board members took the floor in a discussion within the board and criticized the message in the post. In particular, the use of the term “immigrant parents” was highlighted. It was thought that stopping a large and diverse group of voters would require the Labor Party to get to the ballot boxes in almost a year.

The debate ended with deputy Labor leader Vestre summarizing that Labor must be tough on crime – and the reasons for it, Dagbladet was told .

Hadia: – It had nothing to do with it

The Facebook post was later deleted because it was difficult to edit. Also, Tajik’s name was misspelled under the quote.

Hadia Tajik responds through a consultant who emphasizes that her response must be reproduced in full:

“I had nothing to do with the design, publication or deletion of that Facebook post, and note that Dagbladet adheres to anonymous sources in this matter as well.

County secretary Øyvind Slåke writes in a text message that the problem was the reproduction of the content of the VG case:

“The post has been removed because it did not reflect the content of the VG case in an accurate enough way,” wrote Øyvind Slåke in a text message.

Sources: Political dissent

The strong comments on the Facebook post must be understood as a political disagreement between Tajik and Ap leadership’s line of being “tough on crime” and tougher anti-immigration and anti-democracy rhetoric in Oslo Ap’s members. wants a “softer” line.

That’s what several key people in Oslo Ap say.

Tajik, as spokesperson for justice policy in the Labor Party in the Storting, has made several appearances in the media in recent months about integration and the fight against crime.