Jens Stoltenberg and central Ap-members were disloyal towards partilederen and went behind his back to save the party, writes Stoltenberg in his new book.
Disastrous autobiography “My story” is launched by Gyldendal Friday morning, and VG have got access to the book the publisher describes as “a piece of norgeshistorie”.
It contains startling and detailed descriptions of the bitter struggle between Jens Stoltenberg and Thorbjørn Jagland until 2002.
It was in 2001 that the Stoltenberg realized that he stood before the choice: Either to become both party leader and prime minister, or to pull out. It was then that he began to go behind the Jaglands back.
At the time was a Stoltenberg statsministerkandidat and Jagland the leader, and Ap had gone on a blistering defeat. Outwardly took Stoltenberg on the blame, but according to the book perceived he it even so that Jagland had put the blame on him and the government.
Jagland was not familiar with the content of the book when VG tried to was in contact with him Thursday afternoon.
– So conspiracies
With the newspapers full of leaks and anonymous sources was not the pressed mood internally in the party better. A VG-lookup at the end told that several government ministers had contacted Stoltenberg and asked him quietly as the leader against Jagland at the next items.
the Cases led to major problems in the partiledelsen, according to Stoltenberg, and Jagland, increasingly have become more difficult to relate to.
“I mean Thorbjørn so the conspiracy that was not there. He was convinced that someone was behind and would have him away. It meant that he could be confrontational and interpret the world around them in the worst possible way. Well-meant advice was seen as criticism. Criticism was seen as the attack.”, enter Stoltenberg, towards the end of the chapter.
Met in secret
But Jagland was partly right. Stoltenberg writes candidly that he and the central party members appearing disloyal towards partilederen as lederstriden escalated. In the book writes Stoltenberg that it was to save the party:
“We had been loyal for nine years. Now we managed it no more”.
Stoltenberg describes how he and the most central representatives of the party deliberately chose to go behind her back on Jagland forward against the latter’s resignation as party leader in 2002.
A secret meeting should have been conducted in the Jan-Erik Larsen apartment in Bislett in Oslo:
“We pass on is not to be seen together when we arrived at this apartment. We came from different directions and at different times. Several of us had familiar faces, and we were afraid that someone would suspect us to come together to fraksjonere. And it was exactly what we wanted.”
Malaise
During the party’s sentralstyremøte in January 2002, it was also no clarification in the bitter lederstriden. On the other hand asked both Jagland and Stoltenberg, to disposal. Together they presented this at a press conference, Stoltenberg summarises the way in the book:
“Thorbjørn was furious after the press conference. He believed I had not kept me to it, we agreed. I was cursed. It was I who had held me to the text.”
the Day after was Jagland rushed to the national hospital after suffering an injury in the office.
“the Pressure had been hard, almost inhuman on Thorbjørn over a long time. I had hurt him, and gave information to the hospital that I would like to visit Thorbjørn when he was ready for it. It would be several weeks before we spoke with each other again.”, writes Stoltenberg.
A hard time
It was the imf which first publicized the contents of the book, which comes with a host of new details about what has been standing as the most bitter political feud in recent Norwegian history.
the Feud started in 1992 when Jagland was leader of the Labour party after Gro Harlem Brundtland resigned. Knivingen started already at the congress that year, and persisted until the Jaglands famous claim for 36,9 percent support to continue as prime minister – which led to a shift in power in 1997.
After a subsequent catastrophic local elections, he retired as statsministerkandidat for the benefit of Stoltenberg, before he resigned as leader in 2002.
Read more about the Disastrous time in Norwegian politics: My highs and lows
It was in the summer Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg announced that he had finished his book. Autobiography has been given the title of “My story” and is released by Gyldendal the clock until 08: 00 Friday morning.
Stoltenberg was supposed to hold a press conference about the book Friday, but participate instead in the funeral of Israel’s ex-prime minister Shimon Pharez.
Read about the book: Jens Stoltenberg writes autobiography
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