Søgne municipality in Agder was highlighted when SP leader Trygve Slagsvold Vedum attacked the government’s municipal reform before the election last year.
Søgne was forcibly merged with the neighboring Kristiansand municipality, and the local opposition has been great.
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Vedum confirms referendum
The government platform with the Labor Party did not go as far as Vedum wanted: Governments demanded a majority in the new Kristiansand City Council to dissolve the large municipality, and the majority there have been against dissolution.
But now Vedum is taking action. The Minister of Finance confirms to Dagbladet that he is now planning a referendum in Søgne regarding the relationship with Kristiansand.
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– There will be a referendum. This means that people in Søgne and Sogndalen will finally have the opportunity to say what they think themselves. I’m incredibly happy about this. It is important for the government that people are listened to, says the SP leader.
In connection with the local elections next year, the inhabitants of Søgne and the neighboring municipality of Sogndalen will then have the opportunity to express their opinion about the new large municipality in which they live.
THIS IS SØGNE: There is little doubt left – this is Søgne, not Kristiansand. Photo: Lars Eivind Bones / Dagbladet
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Promises to listen
If the majority says no thanks to Kristiansand, Søgne municipality will be resurrected from the dead.
– The point of referendums is to listen to the result, yes, Vedum confirms.
– The previous government was very arrogant, they pushed things through against local will. We believe that the best experts on Søgne are those who live in Søgne, not a government in Oslo. Therefore, we now propose that the inhabitants of Søgne themselves be allowed to have their say.
TOWARDS OWN GOVERNMENT: Mayor of Kristiansand, Jan Oddvar Skisland (Labor Party). Photo: Tor Erik Schrøder / NTB
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Furious rapporteur
Vedum has asked the state administrator in Agder to prepare for the referendum.
– This will of course be done in collaboration with Kristiansand municipality, and we now have time and peace until the election to ensure a good process, says Vedum.
The mayor of Kristiansand, Jan Oddvar Skisland (Labor Party), is furious at his own government.
– Wants to emphasize that this happens against our will and without our knowledge. This process has been run without the local party being involved, and we perceive it as a major breach of trust and a breach of the Hurdal platform, he writes on Facebook.
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