Trude Drevlands political career was shattered when police in Bergen knocked on the ordførerens door and presented a charge for gross corruption. From to be a popular mayor, she was pushed out in the outer political darkness. Right in Bergen was the municipal elections in 2015 would be a disaster. Since that time, it is gone almost 500 days. Now the public prosecutor shelved the case because the evidence against her won’t hold in a court. It despite the fact that the police in the country’s second largest city believed that there were grounds to prosecute her.
A nightmare.
It was jaggu at the time that the decision came. For Trude Drevland must wait have been unbearably long. Inhuman long. A nightmare. In my opinion, there is little doubt that Drevland appeared both stupid and unwise in its relation to the shipowner Torstein Hagen. The same applies havnedirektør Inge Tangerås in Bergen. She showed bad judgement when she was påspandere ride with private planes to Venice on rederens expense. The mayor thanked the first yes to a gratiscruise in the Mediterranean sea, but came on better thoughts and dropped the trip. It was wise.
the Prosecution waive the indictment against Trude Drevland
Just as wise was not to be with hagen’s ship “the Viking Star” to Oslo the day after that Drevland had been godmother to the ship in Bergen. The journey did not have good luck with them.
Corruption.
Both Drevland and Tangerås was alleged to have been corrupt by the shipowner. The garden was indicted for having corrupted the first two. For someone to be able to be convicted for corruption, requires the law that there is wilful intent. Now the district attorney finally come to that it is not possible, and the case henlegges. It gives reason to ponder. Corruption is a serious societal problem as it is all the more reason to fight. When there is information of such a nature as in this case, it is reasonable that police and prosecutors investigate the relationship in more detail.
pre-judged.
It is not reasonable, is that it takes so long to investigate the case. For the three indictees have this time not only been a nightmare; the worst may have been the feeling of being pre-judged. Here also have we in the press a responsibility. Attorney general Ellen Cathrine Greve writes in the press release that “it is carried out a comprehensive investigation which has required a lot of resources, but as has been necessary with regard to the information that came forward”. I agree that it was necessary to investigate the case, but that it should take so long to arrive at a final conclusion is untenable. It is actually a rettssikkerhetsproblem.
Assistance from Økokrim.
In all investigations, it is a question of prioritisation. I have no doubt that this case should have been prioritized higher.
I am aware that the police in Bergen in any case, at the start of the investigation had a certain amount of assistance from Økokrim. The problem was that there was not money to send an investigator from Oslo to Bergen. They were referred to have their considerations on the telephone or by video conferencing! Whether this has improved the way in the investigation; I don’t know. But it says something about the priority.
Career.
It is now clear that it can’t be proven something illegal from the ordførerens page. It is a good thing. The political career is probably over.
Here, she is the victim of his own thoughtlessness.
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