It has now been decided who will replace Siumut's Lars Poulsen, who is on leave from Inatsisartut for the rest of the spring session due to family illness.
Siumut informed the Inatsisartut Presidency on May 11 that Anders Olsen would replace Lars Poulsen for the rest of the spring session.
However, the party has now announced that Anders Olsen cannot participate in Inatsisartut because he is on family vacation. Therefore, the party's third alternate member, Jess Svane, has now joined Inatsisartut.
- Since Anders Olsen is unable to participate due to family vacation and travel, Jess Svane is a member of Inatsisartut for Siumut from today until June 18, writes Siumut.
The SIK chairman, Jess G. Berthelsen, stood as the second alternate. This gave him the opportunity to take over the seat in Inatsisartut, but he does not want to use that opportunity.
Question: If you have stood for election, is it not an obligation to accept to take office and work as an elected representative when the time comes?
- It is an obligation. But our collective bargaining negotiations with the public sector on the part of SIK are still not completed, even though they should have been completed long ago. That is why I have announced that I will not step in as an alternate, says Jess G. Berthelsen to Sermitsiaq.
