After more than a decade in the Folketing, Aaja Chemnitz has its last day.
The office is cleared, and the boxes are stacked in the corner. It is time to move on for Aaja Chemnitz, who in a few hours will no longer be a member of the Norwegian Parliament for Inuit Ataqatigiit.
– I am happy. The decision has been made, and I have been waiting for this day.
After 11 years of long working days and nights, something else has to happen, and what it is, Aaja Chemnitz will not yet say.
– I have already received many offers, but I would say that I am picky and only take from the top shelf in relation to my next step. However, I could well imagine coming home to Greenland, she says with a smile.
“Insanely important” to get around and inform about Greenland
Whether one of the upcoming new members from Greenland will take over Aaja Chemnitz’s office is yet to be seen, but a good piece of advice from the seasoned Christiansborg politician is that the new members should make sure to make themselves known on the hard floors.
– It is insanely important that they come around to the parliamentary groups and make presentations about Greenland. You must not lock yourself into a single party. You have to make sure to cooperate broadly with all parties, says Aaja Chemnitz and continues:
– Because Greenland’s politics is not bloc politics. Regardless of which government comes to Denmark, all parties must look after the interests of Greenland. That’s why you have to spend time getting to know people, and they have to get to know you, says Aaja Chemnitz, who plans to stay at Borgen one last evening – for the election party.
