The Greenlandic party IA has not received any political gifts for supporting Climate, Energy and Utilities Minister Lars Aagaard (M) in the case of delays in the expansion of the Danish electricity grid, where information was withheld. This is what member of parliament Aaja Chemnitz (IA) writes in a comment on her Facebook profile, where a user asks her "what did you get from Mette Frederiksen (S, Prime Minister, ed.) for supporting Aagaard?"
- IA has not received anything for it. We support the government and believe that what the minister has done is reprehensible. At the same time, he has apologized and promised to improve his efforts, according to the response from Aaja Chemnitz.
Otherwise, there were signs that the minister might risk having a majority against him in the Folketing in the case. A statement showed on Tuesday that Lars Aagaard had both been aware of the delays in the expansion of the electricity grid and that he had also nodded to the fact that the Folketing was not informed about this.
However, quite unusually, three of the four North Atlantic mandates in the Folketing chose to intervene in the matter, when they expressed support for Lars Aagaard in a press release on Tuesday. Since independent Jon Stephensen chose to do the same later on Tuesday, and independent Peter Seier Christensen will not intervene due to illness, a possible fall for Lars Aagaard has been averted this time.
In addition to Aaja Chemnitz, the two Faroese mandates in the Folketing, Anna Falkenberg (SP) and Sjúrður Skaale (JF), were behind the support for the minister. It is otherwise customary in the Folketing that the North Atlantic mandates do not interfere in Danish domestic politics. IA, a sister party to SF, has, according to Aaja Chemnitz, "supported the government since the start of the election period".
- IA's vote is not for sale, she writes to another user, who also asks why she got involved in the matter.
Ritzau is trying to get a comment from Aaja Chemnitz.
The case about Lars Aagaard began when the media outlet Zetland reported in March that a planned press release from Energinet last year was withdrawn after dialogue with the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities. The press release described that there were massive delays in the expansion of the electricity grid.
The specific press release and assessment were not delivered to the public or the parties outside the government. Lars Aagaard has regretted the matter. All opposition parties are now deeply critical of the minister, who is to explain himself in a consultation on Wednesday at 8:00.
jel /ritzau/
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