Norwegian politics, Hadia Tajik | The Tajik case drowns in the headlines of the war: – Is she saved by Putin?

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– What is happening in Ukraine is drowning everything else, says associate professor Elin Strand Larsen from Østfold University College to Nettavisen.

She also thinks it helps for Tajik that the commuter housing universe as a media issue has been around for a long time, because some may have gotten bored.

– The two things contribute to the fact that it has not had such major consequences for Tajik. Maybe also that she already has a solid political reputation that she can rest a little on.

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Strand Larsen teaches and researches in media and journalism, and has, among other things, researched political scandals.

– Do you also think the case is drowning because Tajik said she should pay voluntary tax, or was it mostly for other reasons?

– It is mostly for other reasons. I think that if it had not been for the invasion of Ukraine and that she comes after very many other commuter housing cases, which means that many may be tired of the case, then I do not think it alone would have helped – especially not if she was the first out.

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– Some would say that paying back is a kind of admission of guilt that you have received a tax advantage you should not have had, says Strand Larsen, who registers that there are no major votes that require her to resign as Minister. , and that she is therefore probably sitting safely.