It writes Berlingske on Wednesday.
The Liberal Party believes that the minister’s tight control of the military risks influencing crucial military professional advice to politicians.
– I trust the chief of defense, but the trust in the minister can be in a very, very small place, says Liberal Party chairman Jakob Ellemann-Jensen to Berlingske.
Among other things, it has attracted attention that Trine Bramsen insists on referring to the recently appointed Chief of Defense, Flemming Lentfer, as head of the board and not Chief of Defense.
Currently, the Defense Command is a unit under the Ministry. This is because Nick Hækkerup (S), who was Minister of Defense in 2011, began work on closing down the command’s independent unit. It was adopted in 2013.
In addition to the mention of the Chief of Defense, several parties have wondered about the course of events in connection with a double interview last year with the Minister of Defense and the then newly appointed Chief of Defense.
According to the newspaper, Ellemann makes no secret of the fact that the Minister of Defense’s handling of the new Chief of Defense is crucial.
– The Minister of Defense has shown a lack of respect for the Chief of Defense and a lack of understanding of the Defense.
– When you are commander-in-chief for men and women who risk their lives by going to war for all the rest of us, it requires that there is the necessary weight that the Minister of Defense has removed with his actions towards the Chief of Defense, he says to Berlingske.
New Civic backs the proposal. The Conservatives and Liberal Alliance also view it positively.
Trine Bramsen tells Berlingske that the current structure “was adopted with broad support from the Folketing, including the Liberal Party”.