Kallset has for a number of years been the party office’s leader in the daily work, together with his superior – party secretary Kjersti Stenseng.
Kallset is a figure who enjoys broad respect in the Labor Party, also for his handling of the notification cases in the Labor Party.
The job as chief of staff at the Prime Minister’s Office is a powerful post, which has the main responsibility for checking candidates for becoming ministers and state secretaries.
Long-term advisor
In addition, sources inform VG that the current deputy head of the secretariat of the Labor Party’s parliamentary group, Astrid Huitfeldt, and public relations and strategic adviser in LO, Wegard Harsvik, are also likely to become state secretaries for Støre, but TV 2 has not finally confirmed this.
Huitfeldt has for years been a close adviser to Støre, both when he was Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Health. She is also the sister of the woman who is the favorite to become foreign minister, Anniken Huitfeldt.
Jonas Gahr Støre told the press in the walking hall of the Storting on Monday that he and Trygve Slagsvold Vedum are still not in the goal of laying the cabinet cabal.
– To put it that way, I’m not done. I take one thing at a time, and think it’s nice to have this event behind us. So there will be some work later this afternoon, Støre told TV 2 after the solemn opening of the Storting.
Several sources TV 2 has spoken to also confirm that there are several items in the solitaire that are unresolved.
Vedum wanted to the Ministry of Finance
On Saturday, TV 2 was able to announce the names of several Center Party politicians who were about to enter government. Among them was the Center Party’s Sigbjørn Gjelsvik, who the party wants as finance minister.
But as VG first reported, there is disagreement between Støre and Vedum about who will be finance minister. According to the newspaper, the Labor Party believes that if the Center Party is to have the Minister of Finance, this person must be one of the party leadership.
TV 2 has also received information from sources close to Støre that it is desirable and natural for Vedum to take this post himself, as party leader.
If Støre has refused to make Gjelsvik Minister of Finance, it will trigger a completely new solitaire from the Center Party, according to TV 2’s sources.
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