In a press release, the chairman of the board of FNB in Alver, Morten Klemetsen, writes that the party is withdrawing from this weekend’s national meeting.
“We see ourselves as ombudsmen and women for our citizens. We want to be a broad people’s party without a political side in politics. The People’s Party Alver will engage us in questions and issues that concern most people, regardless of political color “, Klemetsen writes in the press release.
FNB in Alver is the largest local team in the country and received 22.1 percent support in the previous local elections.
Does not appear at the national meeting
The local team has decided that for the time being they will not participate in any national or regional party bodies under the FNB umbrella.
This weekend, FNB will hold its first national meeting after the by-elections last year.
– Of course, we are all on the program and promises we have been elected to. We will continue to fight against tolls as a key issue. We believe that it is a better way for us to build a broader platform and democracy from below in a new People’s Party.
Frustration over time
To NRK, Klemetsen says that the process of leaving the mother party has been going on for a while.
An important reason for the withdrawal is frustration with democratic processes within FNB.
– We have lived under FNB as a “satellite” for a long time and have missed a democracy that goes from the bottom up. We have grown apart, and we are now doing something about it, says Klemetsen.
The local team is also dissatisfied with the treatment their three female representatives in the county council in Western Norway have received internally in the organization.
– All three have opted out because it has not been so easy to sit there simply.
Become independent
Klemetsen does not currently know if there are several local teams in FNB that are considering following Alver.
– You have received support from the voters as FNB. Is it okay to break with the party in the middle of an election period?
– The party will be the same and the people are the same. We will continue in our demoralistic way in Alver, and I see no reason to doubt our legitimacy, says Klemetsen.
The chairman of the board emphasizes that they will stand as independent representatives until the new party is formally approved in the Brønnøysund register.
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