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SECURE POLITICIANS

The Norwegian newspaper VG reports (2005 05 06) that the security service at the Norwegian parliament and the police has taken steps to secure the MPs Siv Jensen (progressive party) and Kristin Halvorsen (socialist left). The reason is said to be a new threat assessment which the police will not comment on. The Prime Minister, minister of foreign affairs and several other officials and ministers already have various security measures surrounding them. In Norway members of parliament (MPs) are chosen through nomination processes within the parties themselves. A process greatly run through comradery, official and non-official alliances. As less than 1% of Norwegians are active members of a political party, 99% of Norwegians has no influence on who is elected for their parliament. However they can choose between a variety of political parties – growing more and more similar - which has selected their representatives in the way described above.

In addition representatives of a political party are expected to stay loyal to the party program. Very few people who are in the habit of taking an independent stand based on their own common sense and experience agrees to an entire party program. Thus the representatives the Norwegian population can choose between are either incapable of such a stand or very good at defending views they do not possess.

- The Norwegian Prime minister`s armoured car. Not even Quisling (Hated Norwegian national-socialist leader during WWII) needed such a vehicle.

This situation has led to widespread contempt for politicians in Norway and the distance between the leaders at their people increase. The people are reduced to silent witnesses to members of parliament voting to increase their salary, pensions and palm grease while your average Norwegian John Doe exists in an environment that is largely responsible for the fact that one third of Norwegians have received a psychiatric diagnosis.

Leading politicians now sees the need for defence against violent attacks on them. The Prime Minister of Norway, Kjell Magne Bondevik, hides away in an armoured BMW in fear of what a lot of people regard as the consequences of his own politics, foreign or domestic.

(All politicians mentioned above have on prior occasions spoken out against Xenophobia and stated that a foreigner is a friend you have not yet met - CONFLICT therefore draws the conclusion that the threat against Norwegian politicians has its origin among their own voters.)