A National Tragedy
We are mourning with you. Today we`re all Young Labour, says Siv Jensen
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- This is a national tragedy. Now it is important that we stand side by
side in this moment of great sorrow, mourning the loss of so many human lives.
On this day I send my thoughts first of all to the victims and their families.
This is a day for unity, love and caring. I send my condolences to all those
affected.
- The horrible and cowardly attacks we`ve witnessed are contrary to the
principles and values underpinning the Norwegian society. This is an attack on
the Norwegian Government and the Labour Party`s Youth Organization, but also an
attack directed against the Norwegian democracy and our nation as such, says
Siv Jensen.
Former member of the Progress Party
It was on Saturday morning confirmed that the suspect has been a member of the Progress Party and the Progress Party Youth.
He became a member of the Progress Party in 1999, and paid his last membership fee in 2004.
He was deleted from the member registry in 2006. He was a member of St.
Hanshaugen FrP, a local party chapter in a borough of the city of Oslo, from
2001 – 2003. In a short period in 2003 he was a member of the local party
chapter of Frogner FrP, in a borough of the city of Oslo as well.
The suspect was a member of the Progress Party Youth from
1997 to 2006/2007. He paid his last membership fee in 2006, and deleted his
membership in 2007. In this period he had two positions of trust, as deputy
leader of the local chapter Oslo West Progress Party Youth from January 2002
until October 2002, and as a board member in the same local party chapter from
October 2002 until November 2004.
- It makes me feel extra sad to know that this person once
was a member in our party, says Jensen.
Those who knew the suspect when he was a member of the
party says that he seemed like a modest person that seldom engaged himself in
the political discussions. After a while he became inactive, before he stopped
paying his membership fee and in the end deleted his membership.
