Nivi Olsen and Maritha Broberg’s areas of responsibility are distributed to other members of Naalakkersuisut. At the same time, Atassut enters into a collaboration with the other two opposition parties.
Two members of Naalakkersuisut has left the site yesterday afternoon. First, Atassut withdrew from the coalition, which meant that the naalakkersuisoq for social affairs, labor market, families and home affairs, Maritha Broberg (A), also stepped down from Naalakkersuisut.
And today Nivi Olsen (D) resigned as naalakkersuisoq for education, culture, sports and church.
There are thus two empty seats in the government. The chairman’s department writes on Naalakkersuisut’s website that naalakkersuisut for environment, nature, energy and research, Jørgen Rosbach (D), takes over Nivi Olsen’s remit.
While Maritha Broberg’s responsibilities are transferred to naalakkersuisoq for finance, Aqqaluaq B. Egede (IA).
Whether they take over the areas permanently is unclear. It has been seen before that a naalakkersuisoq temporarily takes over someone else’s responsibilities until a longer-term solution is found. If new members of Naalakkersuisut are to be appointed, they must first be approved by Inatsisartut.
Sermitsiaq follows developments closely.
Technical cooperation and committee seats
Today’s meeting in Inatsisartut has just begun, and here Jens Napãtôk’ (N) announces that a new collaboration has been entered into.
The chairman of Inatsisartut, Kim Kielsen (freelancer) reads out that a technical collaboration has been entered into between Naleraq, Siumut and Atassut.
Later today, the various committees will also be rotated. Kim Kielsen states that the opposition gets two places in the committees out of five.
It is about changing twenty committee seats.
Kim Kielsen expects that it will be sorted during the day, when they have finished with the items on the agenda.
As it is now, Atassut sits on two chairmanships in the committees. Aqqalu C. Jerimiassen is chairman of the Finance and Tax Committee, while Bentiaraq Ottosen is chairman of the Fisheries, Catching and Agriculture Committee.
They will probably lose the two chairmanships, as it is typically the coalition parties that hold them.
When Naalakkersuisut was formed after the election last year, four parties stood together with a total of 23 seats in Inatsisartut. First Siumut left the coalition, and now Atassut has also left the collaboration. Demokraatit and IA have 18 seats together. In addition, independent Kim Kielsen supports the coalition. Thus, they still have a majority.
