It was the government with the prime minister Mette Frederiksen (S) in the head, which alone made the decision, which parts of Denmark which had to shut down due to coronaudbruddet.
so says Mette Frederiksen on Tuesday at a consultation, if the purpose is to explain the basis for the decision of the government shutdown.
– The decision on which parts of Denmark that were shut down, took the government alone. It is a political decision, says Mette Frederiksen.
the Consultation is convened by Sophie Løhde (V), Peter Skaarup (DF), Mai Mercado (C) and Alex Vanopslagh (LA).
The focal point is what the prime minister said at a news conference 11. march, where she gave the message that society is partially closed down.
It was the ‘authorities’ recommendation that we close all unnecessary activity down,’ said Mette Frederiksen. In the last month wrote to the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten so that the recommendation did not come from the national board of Health.
Subsequently beat Mette Frederiksen, to TV2 News that it is ‘a wide myndighedsgruppe, who have advised us’. But without mentioning what specific authority, which recommended such a large shutdown, which came.
the prime minister added that she does not in principle go into, ‘what are the words that fall from the authorities’. The line maintains Mette Frederiksen at the conciliation.
Kåre Mølbak, who is technical director of the Statens Serum Institut (SSI), on Tuesday in an interview with Politiken stated that he had long called on the government to act proactively, before coronaepidemien really hit Denmark. Why was Mølbak ‘excited’ for the closure back in march.
the Government took a precautionary approach. It says Mette Frederiksen.
– SSI recommended to minimize the activity, and a broad myndighedsgruppe recommended, how you could shut down specific.
– on Top of the recommendations from a broadly composed myndighedsgruppe comes as the political choice about how we really shut down, says Mette Frederiksen.
– If you take individual phrases out of the press briefings, so it can come to appear as if that we were to follow the authorities ‘ recommendations one-to-one. But no one who has followed press conferences, can be in doubt that the government made the political decisions, says Mette Frederiksen.
According to Sophie Løhde, the Liberal party’s political rapporteur, is the case is not about for or against decommissioning. It’s about the transparency of the decisions.
– the Question is about, that the prime minister used the authorities as justification for the closure. So it is not unreasonable to ask to the authorities was talking about, said Løhde shortly before the consultation.
the Danish people’s party group chairman, Peter Skaarup, said:
– In this scenario, we have seen that when it suits the government, so it is sometimes the authorities ‘ recommendations, to follow.
– Other times it is the government’s own decision. As watchdogs of the government, we must have the answers to whether it is gone by the book.
Mai Mercado, The Conservative party chairman, believes that the prime minister should be able to give clear answer.
– I think it is the game’s appalling that we can’t get answers on who recommended the government to shut down.
