Liberal Party chairman Jakob Ellemann-Jensen finds it “significant” that the party’s deputy chairman, Inger Støjberg, as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Integration in 2016, did not directly give an illegal order in the case of separation of asylum couples, one of whom was a minor.
He writes this on Facebook.
– I have been told that the Commission has come to the conclusion that Inger has at no time given a direct order to administer in breach of the law.
– This is in line with what Inger herself has said throughout the process. And that is essential, he writes.
Ellemann-Jensen also writes that he will next time review the commission’s partial report, which has arrived on Monday morning.
The Commission does not have the task of passing an actual judgment. On the basis of the statement from the commission, however, a majority in the Folketing may decide to bring a national court case against Støjberg.
Ellemann-Jensen also mentions this in her post on Facebook.
– In the coming time, the Folketing must consider the report – because it is ultimately a political majority in the Folketing that must decide what consequences the report must have.
– Here, the commission’s finding that Inger did not give a direct order is also significant, he writes.
The interim report also concludes that the Folketing received “an incorrect or misleading description of the course of events on which the commission has based itself”.
Ellemann-Jensen acknowledges that mistakes have been made in the case.
– It is not a surprise all the time that Inger and the ministry already in 2017 admitted that they made a number of mistakes. This is a criticism that Inger must accept. I also know that she will, writes Ellemann-Jensen.
So far, the case has only had consequences for a department head in the Ministry of Immigration and Integration Affairs.
He has been released from service. This is due to the conclusions in the interim report. This was stated by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Integration Mattias Tesfaye (S) in a press release earlier Monday.
Ritzau is trying to get a comment from both Ellemann-Jensen and Støjberg. The latter has so far also only commented on Facebook.
– The conclusion from the Child Welfare Commission is that at no time have I asked anyone to do anything illegal. Just as I have always said it both to the Folketing and in the media.
– Mistakes have been made in the case. I get criticized for that, and of course I take that criticism to heart. But that does not change the fact that I have not placed an illegal order, writes Inger Støjberg on Facebook.
Source: The Nordic Page