It has now been six weeks since Naalakkersuisoq for Industry, Raw Materials, Energy, Justice and Equality, Naaja H. Nathanielsen (IA) went out and said that they had received the expert report on the human rights aspects of the spiral case, but that it needed to be translated before publication.
That work could take up to six weeks, was the report at the time.
Therefore, the report should be published immediately, believes Ineqi Kielsen, a candidate for the Parliament of Greenland, for Siumut.
He writes this in a press release.
Ineqi Kielsen has previously criticized that Naalakkersuisut is sitting on such an important report just before a parliamentary election.
- The population has a right to know the contents of an expert study that deals with serious human rights issues in relation to Denmark's treatment of Greenland. What could be more relevant to voters than this – especially when the matter will inevitably have to be dealt with in the Folketinget? he writes in his press release.
Is it politically motivated?
Naaja H. Nathanielsen has registered her candidacy for the Folketinget, while also contesting her profession as naalakkersuisut. Ineqi Kielsen questions this.
- It creates doubts about impartiality and priorities – and raises the question of whether political considerations are delaying the publication.
He wants full clarity on Naalakkersuisut's handling of the case and believes that if there is no objective explanation, there may be talk of a possible abuse of power.
- Greenland wants to cooperate with countries that are based on values such as openness, legal certainty and democracy. These values must also be reflected in our own practice.
- Naalakkersuisut is therefore urged to immediately publish the expert investigation in its full form, concludes Ineqi Kielsen.
Sermitsiaq has reached out to Naalakkersuisut for Industry, Raw Materials, Energy, the Justice Sector and Equality, Naaja H. Nathanielsen, after responding to the criticism that she is disqualified.
To this she responds that it would be fine if candidates for public office knew the rules on impartiality.
- I am not in conflict with these. As previously announced, I am fulfilling my duties in the department and have been working on this difficult case without interruption. This work has nothing to do with my candidacy.
- It would not occur to me to use such an important case for personal gain or to conceal important knowledge for personal gain. I have previously spoken out against using this case for party politics or making it a political issue, and I stand by that statement, she writes.
