– Good day, everyone, said a tight-lipped Kjerkol on his way out of question time in the Storting on Wednesday morning, where a large press corps was waiting.
But after a short time she was gone and must have made her way out an unknown exit.
Awaiting master response
On Wednesday, the Minister of Health was scheduled to attend a meeting of the health and care committee, which started at 12 noon. State Secretary Karl Kristian Bekeng (Ap) stated that Kjerkol will participate digitally in this meeting.
The press call is due to Nord University on the same day considering whether Kjerkol’s master’s thesis from 2021 should be cancelled. TV 2 writes that the meeting was finished at 3.30 p.m.
– We do not wish to comment on any of the content of today’s meeting, says board chairman Eilif Nordahl to the channel.
In the wake of Sandra Borch (Sp) resigning as minister as a result of extensive textual similarities in her master’s in law, the health minister’s task was also checked. It is claimed that the thesis contains large amounts of text similarity without reference to the source.
The tribunal at Nord University is meeting today and will give Kjerkol their decision on Thursday at the earliest.
Urgently canceled sex meeting
In addition, on Wednesday, Kjerkol was to attend a meeting with elected officials from around the world on sexual and reproductive health and rights.
But on Wednesday evening she canceled abruptly.
It reports TV 2.
– We received a phone call last night saying that Kjerkol was cancelling. She sends a state secretary instead, says senior adviser Tore Aasheim in OPPF Norway, Sex and politics, to TV 2.