Anders Anundsen is an excessive politician. Therefore, he was not an answer in Friday’s meeting with the parliamentary committee which he himself through four years built up as a ruthless interrogates, although he was very hard pressed.
However, it is doubtful whether the committee can take justice minister in the parliamentary mortal sin, misinforming the Parliament. But the political craft Anders Anundsen Friday showcased will not go into that example to be followed in a textbook for ministers.
Well, the Justice Minister “wanted a policy change” when it comes to the treatment of children without legal residence in Norway but there is a change he has not been able to clarify down in their own system.
Caution self-criticism
Therefore, now the justice minister be better to clarify and clarify its own policy when he future caters to its executive subordinates. In this lies a careful self-criticism that may come in handy for Anders Anundsen when his case is now entrusted in the hands of team-mates and opponents in Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs.
Police Director Odd Reidar Humlegård has previously claimed responsibility for the signals about a policy change was captured. Friday he called at both embarrassing and poor workmanship.
He not only took on the role of the minister’s scapegoat, he played it well. Yes, Humlegårdsvägen insured direct questions from Aps Martin Kolberg that he did this as a civil duty to protect the minister.
Indistinct signals
It is then no doubt that it irks police director that his directorate did not understand what the justice minister tried to convey. Main question is whether the written signals from Attorney Anundsen was so clear that Police Directorate should have realized the practical consequences. It revolves around a word or two, and the Liberal Abid Raja believed had to be “dream interpreter” to understand that a new policy was introduced.
The signals were blurred and words cautious. Moreover, there was a shift of no practical significance for the police, it was claimed yesterday.
No good certificate
There is no good attest to Justice Anundsen. Not least in the face of cooperation parties who feel cheated. KrF and Left expected a clear political course change in the treatment of so-called long remaining children. What they got was a murmur so secluded and indistinct that no one outside the Ministry of Justice realized that there had been a policy change.
A real change would require completely different and marked grip was Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs yesterday told by police representatives.
There are two tracks from Friday’s hearing. One concerns the justice minister has led Parliament deceived. The second concerns Solberg government loyalty to the cooperation agreement with the Christian Democrats and Liberals. This last Storting has not anything, but right now it may prove to be a bigger problem than the justice minister’s formal relationship with the National Assembly.
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