The mayoral candidate in the inland municipality of Våler from the FRP recently retired the FRP coffee cup in favor of the new Putin cup he received as a gift.
In the throat of the parliamentary group: – Anti-Russian mass psychosis
Jan-Erik Gaup has for a long time published pro-Russian posts on his Facebook page.
– I absolutely do not buy the narrative that Ukraine is a legitimate independent democracy which is now being attacked from outside by an aggressor and which must be protected by a Western so-called democracy. It is a historical mistake, says Gaup to Nettavisen.
On Tuesday, the FRP, together with a broad parliamentary majority, adopted a massive support package for Ukraine of NOK 75 billion over five years. The mayoral candidate, on the other hand, believes that the parliamentary group in his own party is making a serious mistake.
– They have also been caught up in the same anti-Russian mass psychosis as the other parties.
Compared Ukraine to bastards
When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy determined that it was unacceptable to give territory to Russia, Gaup took to Facebook and chastised the president.
“After all, it is Russia that created Ukraine. A normal sense of decency dictates that the “parents” must have the right to put their foot down for a pubescent bastard, when he not only defies the manner of teenagers, but also invites the parents’ declared enemies right into the boys’ room. write he.
This is what the FRP candidate for mayor in Våler writes about the Ukraine war, Putin and NATO
- Lynx mean the West’s support for Ukraine “is not about Ukraine, but is a great power conflict, where NATO’s (ie the USA’s) primary goal is to crush Russia as a global player”.
- When Zelenskyy determined that giving territory to Russia as an outcome of the war was out of the question, wrote Gaup that “after all, it is Russia that created Ukraine. Normal sense of decency dictates that the “parents” must have the right to put their foot down for a pubescent bastard, when he not only defies the manner of teenagers, but also invites the parents’ declared enemies right into the boys’ room.”
- “Russia is a democracy. That’s more than you can say about Norway,” wrote Gaup Facebook in November. In the post, he further writes that he believes Putin has his mandate from the majority of the people, unlike in Norway where he claims that the politicians’ mandate comes from “dirty horse-trading with one and a half hundred career politicians in the Storting”. Putin protects the population from harmful decisions made in the legislative assembly, he writes.
- Gaup supports Norwegian membership in NATO, but mean at the same time that the defense alliance should be disbanded or return to “what it originally was” because it has become a “military spearhead for neoconservative imperialism”.
– Was it right for Putin to send military forces across the border into Ukraine on February 24, 2022?
– I regretted it very much when it happened, he says to Nettavisen and clarifies that he thought the escalation leading up to the invasion was saber rattling from Russia to get Ukraine to implement Minsk II agreement.
But even if he doesn’t like the outcome, the mayoral candidate defends Putin’s assessments.
– It had to be done now before NATO and the USA became too strongly fortified in Ukraine. I see, if that’s the logic behind it, I get it. But it’s clear, I wasn’t happy about that invasion, I wasn’t.
– So given that the situation turned out as it did, do you agree that it was a legitimate way to handle this?
– I don’t like the solution, but I understand the logic behind it.
– I understand why the Russians did it, but for the longest time I had hoped for a peaceful solution.
Don’t fear withdrawal
In 2011, Gaup became active deregistered of the county team after harsh statements about own party colleagues in social media. The decision was later reversed, and now Gaup represents the party in the municipal council.
– Do you fear that you may be actively deregistered again because of these statements?
– No, I don’t fear that at all, because I have not spoken out against the party programme.
– As far as I know, the FRP has no official position on this matter. Then I relate to the party program that has been adopted before its parliamentary term.
– Sylvi Listhaug has shown her FRP unreserved support to Ukraine. It sounds like you’re on a collision course with management?
– Yes, absolutely, to the highest degree, and I am proud of that.
When asked if he feels that his view is problematic in the local team or the county team, he replies:
– No, not at all.
